News Brief
9/16/2012, Elul 29, 5772
Report: US Positioning Forces in as Many as 18 Locations
The U.S. military is positioning troops in as many as 17 or 18 locations in the Middle East and North Africa that the Pentagon is “paying particular attention to,” Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in an interview with Foreign Policy on Friday.
He cautioned, however, against writing off the region's recent steps toward democracy.