Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Defense Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs assured members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the mission sending roughly 100 U.S. troops to Central Africa is not open ended and will have a clear focus and exit strategy. (0:28)
Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Defense Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, defends the deployment of roughly 100 U.S. troops to Central Africa in order to train and better equip African troops to take on the known terrorist organization, Lord’s Resistance Army. (0:11)
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) emphasizes that U.S. troops being deployed to Central Africa will not be in combat, rather their purpose is to train and equip African soldiers facing the Lord’s Resistance Army, a known terrorist group. (0:19)
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) says he supports “modest, reasonable action” in Central Africa to aid and train African troops facing the known terrorist group, Lord’s Resistance Army, but notes that Congress and the administration should continue to communicate. (0:41)
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