U.S. Army Gen. David Rodriguez, (center), commander, United States Army Forces Command, speaks to Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, (left), commander, 4th Infantry Division based in Fort Carson, Colo., soldiers and roleplayers acting as Afghan National Army soldiers, inside an operational coordination center-regional at the Joint Readiness Training Center Feb. 22, 2012. Security force assistant teams from various brigade combat teams are training at Fort Polk, La., for their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan where they will be advisors to Afghan National Security Forces. Dvids
The General Who Planned The Afghanistan Surge Is Heading To Africa -- Business Insider/AFP
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday nominated a former senior commander in Afghanistan as the new head of the military's Africa Command, which oversees US security efforts on the continent.
The change in leadership comes amid growing concerns over Al-Qaeda's affiliates in the region, particularly in Mali, and a deadly attack on a US consulate in Libya linked to Islamist extremists.
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