U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Hearing: Exploring The U.S. Africa Command And A New Strategic Relations

A good source on how Africom is shaking out. Note also State's defensive tone. But if CJTF-HOA is any indicator, State will remain in control far more than most alarmists assume, simply because Africom, like Southcom, will be severely resource-constrained. Some automatically assume that means anything Africom does is a drop in the bucket, but that's wrong. The modeled behavior for local African militaries is everything, whereas it's the humanitarian aid that's marginal. In short, don't confuse means with ends.