Pentagon officials have secured agreements with "eight to 10" South and West African nations that would allow the U.S. military to temporarily use facilities there to launch missions, the U.S. European Command chief told InsideDefense.com yesterday. The agreements would let the U.S. military utilize air fields and other suitable sites in that region to establish "cooperative security locations" -- part of a broader Pentagon effort to establish expeditionary bases around the globe, Marine Corps Gen. James Jones said yesterday during...
