Pentagon Eyes Africa Drawdown as First Step in Global Troop Shift

By HELENE COOPER, THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF, CHARLIE SAVAGE and ERIC SCHMITT from NYT World https://ift.tt/2PUmJPf
via IFTTT The deliberations stem from a push to reduce missions battling distant terrorist groups, and to instead refocus on confronting so-called Great Powers like Russia and China.