WASHINGTON _ U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is visiting Iraq, two administration officials said, the latest example of his expanding foreign policy role.
Kushner _ a senior adviser to the president and the husband of Ivanka Trump _ is traveling with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford, said the officials, who confirmed the visit on condition of anonymity Sunday because they weren't authorized to speak publicly. The officials didn't detail Kushner's and Dunford's planned stops or share an itinerary of scheduled meetings. The visit was reported earlier by The New York Times.
The Iraq visit by Kushner and Dunford comes amid increased efforts by the U.S.-led coalition to support a months-long push by government troops to take back the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State.
Kushner, 36, who has no previous foreign policy experience in government, has been involved in diplomatic roles that might traditionally be fulfilled by a secretary of State on several fronts, including Middle East peace, relations with Canada and Mexico, and Trump's summit later this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
