Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has notified Congress the Pentagon plans to spend roughly $64 million on vehicles, communications gear, unmanned aircraft and other equipment to provide counterterrorism assistance to African security forces. Most of the new military aid, $41 million, is needed to help the counterterrorism forces from Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya and Uganda fight al Qaeda, al Qaeda affiliates and al Shabaab, Panetta wrote in a July 5 letter to congressional committees overseeing defense and foreign affairs. Panetta has also...
