DOD, State to Launch New Counterterrorism Efforts in Africa, Asia, Latin America (Corrected)

By Jason Sherman / August 2, 2006 at 5:00 AM
The Pentagon is poised to spend $100 million on programs it has framed working with the State Department to enhance the counterterrorism capabilities of foreign militaries in 14 nations across Africa, Asia and Latin America, according to a senior Defense Department official. The program involves an unorthodox cooperation between the two departments, permitting each veto power over a project proposed by the other, and is designed to fulfill a key objective of the U.S. strategy for the global war on...

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