The United States has troops dying in a country where a number of United States senators did not know troops were stationed to begin with. There are a lot of questions after four soldiers died in Niger, and apparently, for several of the 100 people in the Senate, one of the questions was, “Wait—we have troops in Niger?” "I did not," Sen.
U.s. Troop Presence In Niger Comes As A Surprise To Some Key Senators
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Mon, 10/23/2017 - 8:17am
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