Congress has approved a new multimillion-dollar package of counterterrorism aid proposed by the Pentagon to better enable the deployment of Estonian troops alongside U.S. forces in Afghanistan and to bolster the national militaries of Mauritania, Niger and Yemen. The Defense Department is free to proceed with the planned counterterrorism aid because the 15-day congressional notification period for the package expired earlier this week, said Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Jim Gregory. The support to the foreign forces will be provided via...
