Tag: USS Mount Whitney
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USS Mount Whitney arrives in Benghazi after trip to Tripoli
The USS Mount Whitney, the command ship of the Sixth Fleet has arrived in Benghazi after visiting the Port of Tripoli. US Vice-Admiral Jeffrey T. Anderson is onboard the ship and is meeting with both Libyan leaders and high-level security officials to discuss security issues and unification efforts. The US visit is taking place as…
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Cuts proposed to the US Bureau of African Affairs as the USS Mount Whitney tours Libya’s ports
The Financial Times is reporting that it has seen a draft US government document proposing significant cuts to the State Department’s activities in Africa, including the closure of US embassies on the continent and the dismantling of the Bureau of African Affairs. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the document “a hoax”. The Maltese…
