Auditors Urge DOD To Redo Analysis For AFRICOM Headquarters Location

By Sebastian Sprenger / September 11, 2013 at 5:04 PM
The Defense Department should redo the cost analysis that led to a decision earlier this year to leave the U.S. Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, the Government Accountability Office states in a new report. According to the Sept. 9 report , more comprehensive cost-benefit examinations are needed than those DOD has done so far to support the headquarters location decision. The Pentagon "partially concurs" with the assessment, arguing that the military utility of the current location was the driving...

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