The House and Senate Armed Services committees have opted to defer $166 million from a Pentagon request to transfer $376 million in funds to counterterrorism partnership efforts. "Funds are required to support partner nation forces through Defense Institution Building (DIB) efforts and to enable partner nation capacity to absorb capability, conduct and sustain CT operations across the African continent, and support partner nation interoperability with U.S. forces," according to a reprogramming request signed June 29 by Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord...
