Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz released a report Thursday alleging U.S. forces based in Niger are facing “imminent risk” due to a “coverup of intelligence” by the State Department.
In an investigative report titled “Unwelcome in Niger: An Interim Report by Congressman Matt Gaetz on the American Troop Crisis in Niger,” the congressman interviewed multiple service members including one senior enlisted personnel in the U.S., who claimed they had been left “functionally stranded, and without sufficient assistance from the Department of Defense or the Department of State.” In April, the service members reached out to Gaetz alleging they had not only been “prohibited from doing their purported mission,” but also from allegedly “returning home post-deployment.” (RELATED: US Quietly Trying To Keep Troops In African Country That Wants To Kick Them Out)
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