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By Bola Akinterinwa AFRICOM is the acronym for Africa Command, and also a short form for United States Africa Command, which was created within the framework of the reorganisation of the US Military Command structure in February 2007, under the George W. Bush administration. As explained by the first Commander of the AFRICOM, General William ‘KIP’ Ward, the rationale for establishing the AFRICOM was to enable good governance in Africa without undermining the national sovereignty of any country. What is good governance in this case? President Bush explained the mission statement of the AFR...

Your Letters: March 8, 2021 Reader Submissions Gabriel Portillo and Benghazi  Conservatives love repeating lies long after they have been exposed as lies (Disneyland was never segregated, Donald Trump did not win the election). Their favorites seem to be the ones told about the attack on Benghazi, as Gabriel Portillo demonstrates. On Sept. 11, 2012, and for several days after, dozens of American diplomatic facilities were attacked by large groups of Muslims enraged by an American anti-Muslim video called “Innocence of Muslims.” The CIA concluded that was one of the reasons for the attack...

Frederic Brown/AFP via Getty Images Retired Adm. William McRaven, a former Navy SEAL who previously led US Special Operations Command, said Monday that having acting officials leading the military should make the American people "uncomfortable." "When you having acting secretaries, acting under secretaries, and acting assistant secretaries, that does not serve the American public well," McRaven said. Following a purge of the Pentagon's civilian leadership shortly after the presidential election in November, the Trump administration filled the defense secretary po...

Former Navy SEAL William McRaven says having acting officials leading the US military 'does not serve the American public well' dchoi@businessinsider.com (David Choi,Ryan Pickrell) © Frederic Brown/AFP via Getty Images US Navy Adm. William McRaven, head of the US Special Operations Command, speaks in 2013 at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California. Frederic Brown/AFP via Getty Images Retired Adm. William McRaven, a former Navy SEAL who previously led US Special Operations Command, said Monday that having acting officials leading the military should make...

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