WASHINGTON - Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit departed from Washington on Saturday.
Gen. Buyukanit held meetings with U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Peter Pace, U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and U.S. President George W. Bush's National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley during his stay in the United States.