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Transcript: AFRICOM WON'T CHANGE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SECURITY POLICY IN AFRICA
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- October 18, 2007
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INDSTRY GROUP 91
Regulatory Intelligence Data
10-18-2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2007 - The new U.S. unified command being established
for Africa will consolidate Defense Department efforts on the continent,
but will not change the department's long-standing policy of partnership
with African nations, the department official in charge of African affairs
said today. AFRICOM, which became operational Oct. 1, eventually will take
over responsibility for Defense Department activity in all of Africa. For
now, AFRICOM is operating under U.S. European Command, which has responsibility
for the bulk of U.S.-African military relations. U.S. Central Command and
U.S. Pacific Command also share responsibility for ...