Senators consider putting AFRICOM headquarters, staff in Africa

Defense News: A key defense lawmaker wants to know why, after more than 10 years of operations in Africa, the U.S. combatant command for the continent still isn’t located there.

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the issue may be worth revisiting in the near future, given the “disjointed” nature of AFRICOM’s current setup. The youngest of the nine combatant commands has been based in Germany since its founding in 2007.

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