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



Reader Supported News
30 March 18
It's Live on the HomePage Now:
Reader Supported News


FOCUS: Paul Gottinger | Under Trump, US Has Special Operations in More Countries Than It Has Ambassadors 
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)
Paul Gottinger, Reader Supported News
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."
READ MORE

Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter




Comments

MOST POPULAR

NYT Editorial Board cites POGO

The Post Most: Syria says strike on military base carried out by Israeli warplanes

House memo states disputed dossier was key to FBI's FISA warrant to surveil members of Team Trump

National Law Journal

The Big Mac And The Crocodile

The Daily 202: Trump launches a rescue mission to save GOP seat in Pennsylvania special election.....

The Post Most: Paul Ryan celebrated the tax cut with a tweet about a secretary saving $1.50 a week