New Africom Chief Outlines Military Threats

Africa-Bound Gen. Rodriguez Outlines Military Threats -- E-Ring/Foreign Policy

While you were Hageling about the Senate floor on Thursday, Army Gen. David Rodriguez, nominated to lead Africa Command, told the Armed Services Committee that he expects to face down terrorist threats on the continent with U.S. military force. But exactly how often the White House -- and self-declared noninterventionist Chuck Hagel -- will call on Rodriguez, instead of the FBI or the CIA, to stop the spread of terrorism in Africa is becoming one of the biggest questions the administration faces in the next four years.

When Africom was created in 2008, the Pentagon billed it as a barely-armed force of good with a mission of training local militaries and enforcing maritime traffic and fisheries. Based in Germany, it promised it would build no American military facilities in Africa.

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My Comment: Africa-Bound Gen. Rodriguez is right about one thing .... at this moment in time everything is evolving in Africa.