Paul Gottinger | Under Trump, US Has Special Operations in More Countries Than It Has Ambassadors



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U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, secure the area after being lowered from a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk during a mission on November 7, 2012, in Afghanistan. (photo: Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder/Air Force)
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Gottinger writes: "The United States now has Special Operations Forces in more countries than it has ambassadors, according to a new analysis from an academic at Tufts University. The US has Special Operations deployed in a record 149 countries, while US ambassadors are currently working in just 144 countries."
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