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JUL 23, 2008
Congress Challenges AFRICOM
Foreign Policy in Focus
In mid-July, Congress held a hearing on the progress of the new AFRICOM planned to become fully operational in October. Chairman John Tierney (D-MA) and at least five other members of the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs of the House Oversight Committee expressed stern skepticism and borderline anger at the expansion of the U.S. military in Africa.
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JUL 17, 2008
U.S. Civil Military Imbalance for Global Engagement: Lessons from the Operational Level in Africa
Refugees International
This report describes how the increased militarization of U.S. foreign aid is complicating the achievement of American foreign policy goals in Africa. The report recommends that the US Africa Command, or AFRICOM, remain focused on security sector and peacekeeping capacity building, rather than hunting terror suspects under a thin mantle of humanitarianism when it becomes fully operational in October 2008.
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JUL 15, 2008
Preliminary Observations on the Progress and Challenges Associated with Establishing the U.S. Africa
Government Accountability Ofice (GAO)
This testimony is based on the preliminary results of work GAO is conducting for the Subcommittee on the establishment of AFRICOM. GAO analyzed relevant documentation and obtained perspectives from the combatant commands, military services, Joint Staff, Department of State, USAID and non-governmental organizations.
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JUL 15, 2008
AFRICOM: Rationales, Roles, and Progress on the Eve of Operations
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Testimony Before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives from: Ms. Theresa Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs,
Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense; Ambassador Mary C. Yates, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Activities, U.S. Africa Command; Maj. Gen. Michael A. Snodgrass, Chief of Staff, U.S. Africa Command; Ms. Lauren Ploch, Analyst in African Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, U.S. Congressional Research Service; and Mr. John Pendleton, Director, Force Structure and Defense Planning Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office.
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JUN 1, 2008
U.S. Africa Command Trims Its Aspirations
The Washington Post
The U.S. Africa Command, designed to boost America's image and prevent terrorist inroads on the continent, has scaled back its ambitions after African governments refused to host it and aid groups protested plans to expand the military's role in economic development in the region.
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