Civilians not keen on working at AFRICOM.The Defense Department's new Africa Command--to be headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany--will initially be staffed by 540 military personnel but only by 12 representatives from civilian government agencies. Such minimal "interagency in·ter·a·gen·cy adj. Involving or representing two or more agencies, especially government agencies. " participation is a major disappointment to AFRICOM AFRICOM Africa Command planners at the Pentagon, who had hoped to emphasize non-military diplomatic efforts in the new command. Theresa Whelan, deputy assistant secretary of defense for African affairs African Affairs is a peer reviewed academic journal published quarterly by Oxford University Press on behalf of the London-based Royal African Society. The journal's articles cover any African topic: political, social, economic, environmental and historical. , told Congress that AFRICOM "will include a significant number of representatives from other U.S. agencies, including officers from the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development." But that may be wishful thinking wishful thinking Psychology Dereitic thought that a thing or event should have a specified outcome . Army Gen. Bantz J. Craddock For other persons of the same name, see John Craddock. Bantz John Craddock (born 1950), a General in the United States Army, is the current Commander, U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) for NATO and the commanding officer of , head of the U.S. European Command, said earlier this year that he would like to see 25 percent interagency participation in AFRICOM, but predicted it would be a tough sell. "The fact of the matter is it will be difficult to get subscription and participation by the interagency." Email your comments to Serwin@ndia.org |
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