ORLANDO, Fla — Following a trip to Orlando, Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday will travel to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa to meet with servicemembers and attend a briefing.
The vice president is scheduled to receive a briefing from United States Central Command Commander (USCENTCOM) General Michael E. Kurilla, U.S. Special Operations Commander (USSOCOM) General Richard D. Clarke, and other USCENTCOM and USSOCOM leaders.
The visit comes days after a U.S. drone strike conducted by U.S. Central Command, headquartered in Tampa, killed the leader of the Islamic State group Maher al-Agal in Syria on Tuesday, CENTCOM spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Dave Eastburn confirmed to 10 Tampa Bay.
Syria is part of CENTCOM’s Area of Responsibility which includes Syria, Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Harris' travels to Tampa will wrap up a Florida day trip in which she's scheduled to travel to Orlando for the 70th Boule of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. She's expected to speak and hold a roundtable with Florida state lawmakers about reproductive rights.