The Pentagon and the State Department have set up a high-level group to help synchronize the two agencies' control over billions of dollars' worth of security assistance to foreign countries. The Security Sector Assistance Steering Group was established this past spring by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, according to Todd Harvey, acting assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans and capabilities. Harvey testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sept. 26. The steering committee will...
