Title: US Secretary of Defense visits Israel

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/315/israel_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Secretary of Defense visits Israel' data-article-id='631'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='4604'>U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is in the Middle East. </span> <span data-start-time='4604' data-end-time='12188'>He is talking with American allies about the international nuclear deal with Iran. </span> <span data-start-time='12188' data-end-time='19938'>He is also expected to talk about the fight against the Islamic State militant group.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='19938' data-end-time='29729'>Mr. Carter is in Israel, and plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. </span> <span data-start-time='29729' data-end-time='34938'>The prime minister strongly opposes the agreement with Iran. </span> <span data-start-time='34938' data-end-time='38792'>He has called it an “historic mistake.”</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='38792' data-end-time='46958'>Later, the defense secretary is to travel to Saudi Arabia for meetings with King Salman. </span> <span data-start-time='46958' data-end-time='57438'>Mr. Carter says he will talk with the king and his defense chief about limiting what he called “Iranian aggression” in the area. </span> <span data-start-time='57438' data-end-time='65146'>He will also talk with the Saudi leaders about how to stop the Islamic State.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/315/the_middle_east.m4a'><span>the Middle East</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/315/the_nuclear_deal.m4a'><span>the nuclear deal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/315/education.m4a'><span>education</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/315/isis.m4a'><span>ISIS</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=3415 data-hint-location='46958' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/315/mr_carter_will_talk_about_limiting__blank__in_the_middle_east.m4a'>Mr. Carter will talk about limiting <span class='blank'>aggression</span> in the Middle East.</div><div class='choices' 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U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is in the Middle East. He is talking with American allies about the international nuclear deal with Iran. He is also expected to talk about the fight against the Islamic State militant group.

Mr. Carter is in Israel, and plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. The prime minister strongly opposes the agreement with Iran. He has called it an “historic mistake.”

Later, the defense secretary is to travel to Saudi Arabia for meetings with King Salman. Mr. Carter says he will talk with the king and his defense chief about limiting what he called “Iranian aggression” in the area. He will also talk with the Saudi leaders about how to stop the Islamic State.

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