Weekly News #3
White House under fire for handling of Niger operation
The White House has been criticised for its handling of the first major military deployment since Donald Trump took office.
Over the past week, the US President has been engaged in a vicious war of words with Democratic Congresswoman Frederica Wilson and Myeshia Johnson, whose husband La David was one of four servicemen killed in an ambush in Niger on 4 October.
US politicians have also criticised the Trump administration’s lack of transparency and asked why they were not told the US had troops fighting Islamic State militants in the West African country.
A number of high-profile senators, including Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrats Bob Casey and Chuck Schumer, said they were kept in the dark about the operation, which involved more than 1,000 US personnel, CNN reports.
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