Military Times by Diana Stancy Correll 1/14/2020
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is worried about possibly reducing U.S. military presence in Africa, following reports that the Pentagon is contemplating a drawdown of U.S. troops on the continent to better focus on countering aggression from Russia and China.
Spearheaded by Maryland Democrat Rep. Anthony Brown, the lawmakers said in a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper that cutting back U.S. troops in Africa was antithetical to the National Security Strategy Congress backs.
In the past five years, Russia has signed more than 20 bilateral military cooperation agreements with African states, and the NSS has outlined ways that China is also bolstering its economic and military presence in the region, the lawmakers said.
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