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Trump remarks aside, U.S. forces, Somali allies hunting terrorists in Africa

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander of U.S. Africa Command, or AFRICOM, speaks to the Associated Press in Thies, Senegal, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Cheikh A.T Sy, File)
- Special to The Washington Times

President Trump’s scornful dismissal last week of Somali immigrants — they’ve “contributed nothing” to the U.S., he said — created a stir in Washington, but in the long-troubled African nation itself, officials brushed off the controversy. They’re focused instead on the country’s surprising new partnership with the U.S.

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