--- title: General Joseph Dunford Gives Briefing on Niger: Watch Online description: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will brief reporters from the Pentagon at 4 p.m. Monday canonical: https://time.com/4993996/general-joseph-dunford-niger-watch-online/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-23T19:58:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:58:14.588Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Chairman of Joint Chiefs Addresses Army Deaths in Niger og:description: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will brief reporters from the Pentagon at 4 p.m. Monday og:url: https://time.com/4993996/general-joseph-dunford-niger-watch-online/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27a0a37bda039da7/6988d91d8fd2ee463e3585b5/country-first-why-four-star-marine-general-signed-up-save-foundering-trump-presidency-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee in Dirksen Building on the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2018 and the Future Years Defense Program og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Chairman of Joint Chiefs Addresses Army Deaths in Niger twitter:description: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will brief reporters from the Pentagon at 4 p.m. Monday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27a0a37bda039da7/6988d91d8fd2ee463e3585b5/country-first-why-four-star-marine-general-signed-up-save-foundering-trump-presidency-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Chairman of Joint Chiefs Addresses Army Deaths in Niger Amid Trump Feud With Widow by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 23, 2017 7:58 PM UTC  Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford was to give an update on Niger on Oct. 23. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford was to give an update on Niger on Oct. 23.Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 23, 2017 7:58 PM UTC Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will offer more details Monday on the [ambush in Niger](http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/15326/the-u-s-militarys-incident-in-niger-has-been-a-long-time-coming) that left four U.S. service members dead. Questions have swirled in recent days in the wake of the Oct. 4 ambush when a small group of troops were attacked after leaving a meeting with a village elder in Tongo Tongo, Niger. Military officials are currently investigating the circumstances of the attack, including why the body of one of the fallen servicemen, [Sgt. La David Johnson,](http://time.com/4987321/sgt-la-david-t-johnson-remains/) was not recovered until two days later. Lawmakers have expressed concern that they [have not had enough information](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/22/graham-soldiers-niger-defense-244039) on what troops are doing in the African nation. The Senate Armed Services committee will reportedly receive a classified briefing on the ambush on Thursday, [according to CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/23/politics/niger-briefing-senators/index.html). Watch Dunford live at 4 p.m. (E.T.) above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4993996/general-joseph-dunford-niger-watch-online/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4993996/general-joseph-dunford-niger-watch-online/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Chairman of Joint Chiefs Addresses Army Deaths in Niger Amid Trump Feud With Widow","datePublished":"2017-10-23T19:58:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:58:14.588Z","description":"Gen. 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