TAMPA, Sept 19: President General Pervez Musharraf visited the headquarters of the US Central Command, where he received a briefing about the CENTCOM. Commander of the CENTCOM Gen John Abizaid briefed the president about the command’s operations, which is one of the five geographically defined unified commands within the department of defence.

Earlier, Gen Abizaid welcomed the president upon arrival at the CENTCOM headquarters. President Musharraf is visiting CENTCOM at the invitation of Gen Abizaid.—APP