{"id":1578628,"date":"2024-03-28T14:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/?p=464933"},"modified":"2024-03-28T14:00:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:00:22","slug":"pentagon-ignores-law-calling-for-report-on-how-it-trained-so-many-african-coup-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/03\/28\/pentagon-ignores-law-calling-for-report-on-how-it-trained-so-many-african-coup-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Ignores Law Calling for Report on How It Trained So Many African Coup Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Rep. Matt Gaetz,<\/u> R-Fla., is demanding answers from the Pentagon about coups by U.S.-trained African military officers, according to a letter<\/a> to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin shared exclusively with The Intercept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under the bill that authorizes the 2024 defense budget, the Pentagon is mandated to provide a briefing on coups carried out by U.S.-trained African partners to the Senate and House Armed Services committees no later than 90 days after the bill\u2019s December 2023 passage. The briefing is supposed to cover the number of coups, the vetting process employed by the United States for partners, and steps taken to strengthen trainees\u2019 respect for civilian control of the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Last week, during a House Armed Services Committee hearing held a day before the deadline, Gaetz asked<\/a> Gen. Michael Langley, the head of U.S. Africa Command, or AFRICOM, about the briefing. \u201cYou\u2019ll get your answer, Congressman,\u201d replied Langley.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n