General Waldhauser News Today

AFRICOM regards itself as sleek and deadly effective, but operations resemble previous neocolonial interventions.

AFRICOM: Terrorist groups remain a challenge across Africa The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) is maintaining a consistent presence across Africa in order to address security concerns. But terrorist groups continue to pose a threat in many countries with weak governance. AFRICOM Commander General Thomas D. Waldhauser AFRICOM Commander General Thomas D. Waldhauser is in Brussels this week to meet with the European Union (EU) Chiefs of Defense (CHODs) and discuss the current state of af...

Investigation is accurate. and that when we go to the families and tell them what happened, that its based on facts. were trying to balance the need to do this quickly with the need to make insure its accurate. well err on the side of accuracy. >> should there have been u.s. forces to help locate his body rather than relying on the niger forces? >> there was niger forces involved. there were french forces involved in the operation. there were u.s. forces involved in the operation in its entirety...

Yes. were there because isis and al qaeda are operating in that area. thats why our forces are providing advice and assist to vole forces is to help them deal with that particular challenge. with regard to our equipping, our responsiveness and so forth, those will all be questions that well ask ourselves at every level once the investigation is concluded. its important for us to base line what support was requested at what particular time? when did it arrive? was it what they needed? all those a...