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Pentagon Deploying More Ships, Forces to Latin America
By Carla Babb
March 11, 2020 07:59 PM
PENTAGON - U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) plans to increase U.S. military presence in the Western Hemisphere while taking on funding cuts to partner security programs that help Latin American partners counter drug cartels.
In written testimony Wednesday, SOUTHCOM commander Admiral Craig Faller said the U.S. “only enabled the successful interdiction of about 9% of known drug movement” recently in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Faller told the House Armed Services Committee that he'd need significant assets to drastically improve that number, including dozens of ships.
“Recognizing these complex challenges in our neighborhood, we will see an increase in U.S. military presence in the hemisphere,” Faller said, speaking to reporters at the Pentagon after the briefing.
More:
https://www.voanews.com/usa/pentagon-deploying-more-ships-forces-latin-america
Also posted in LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142445792