The Obama administration's $32 million aid proposal for African troops fighting Islamic extremists in Mali could provide urgently needed armored vehicles, communications gear, body armor and other equipment along with training and logistical support, according to documents submitted to Congress. In a Jan. 24 request to lawmakers, the State Department asked to move $40 million in fiscal year 2012 overseas contingency operations funding from the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund into the Peacekeeping Operations account and to obligate up to $32...
