After Niger, counting up the military’s far flung missions

Kimberly Adams Oct 25, 2017
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After Niger, counting up the military’s far flung missions

Kimberly Adams Oct 25, 2017
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U.S. military involvement stretches far beyond Iraq and Afghanistan. And while there may be just a handful of operations similar to the one in Niger, where four soldiers were killed earlier this month in a firefight, experts say the military is involved in hundreds of smaller missions around the world that have nothing to do with fighting. 

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