Shelton to visit region

The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Henry Shelton left yesterday for a Middle East visit that will include Turkey, Bahrain and Israel the US Department of Defense said. Shelton will visit with US troops at Turkey's Incirlik air force base -- the base of Operation Northern Watch, which patrols the northern Iraqi "no-fly zone" -- as well as with US troops in Bahrain. Shelton will meet with officials in all three countries and return to the United States on August 20.