Close Skip to main content sign in search jobs more jobs switch to the UK edition switch to the AU edition edition: US switch to the UK edition switch to the AU edition The Guardian Winner of the Pulitzer prize home › US home US selected world opinion sports soccer tech arts lifestyle fashion business money travel environment all sections close US military General Martin Dempsey tells House committee that he would consider abandoning Obama’s pledge and send troops to fight Isis in Iraq General Martin Dempsey and defense secretary Chuck Hagel testify before the House armed services committee about the ongoing fight against Isis. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Spencer Acke...