{"id":2018920,"date":"2023-09-01T02:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T06:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-calls-for-pentagon-accountability-over-u-s-trained-coup-leaders\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T02:30:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T06:30:04","slug":"matt-gaetz-calls-for-pentagon-accountability-over-u-s-trained-coup-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-calls-for-pentagon-accountability-over-u-s-trained-coup-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Gaetz demands Pentagon accountability for U.S.-trained coup leaders."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmatt-gaetz-calls-for-pentagon-accountability-over-u-s-trained-coup-leaders%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018920&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz is demanding accountability from the \u2062Pentagon in the wake of\u200b recent\u2064 coups in Africa involving soldiers who were\u2062 previously trained or funded by\u2063 the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In an <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2023\/08\/30\/coup-leaders-us-military-training-matt-gaetz\/?utm_campaign=theintercept&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with The Intercept, Gaetz \u200crevealed his proposed amendment to the 2024 national defense spending bill. This \u2063amendment aims\u200b to collect data on\u200b military\u2063 members involved in coups and require the Pentagon to report\u200b that information to\u2063 Congress. The\u2064 urgency for this action arises as African countries have experienced two coups \u2062in just two months \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/niger-coup-military-explainer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niger<\/a> in \u200cJuly and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/military-leaders-declare-coup-in-central-african-nation-vow-to-dissolve-all-institutions-of-the-republic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gabon<\/a> on \u200dWednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Department of Defense, up until\u2064 this point, has not kept \u200cdata regarding the people \u2063they train who participate in\u2062 coups to overthrow democratically elected \u2014 or any \u2014 governments,\u201d Gaetz \u200dtold the outlet. \u201cAnd that\u2019s why in this National Defense\u2063 Authorization Act \u2026 I have legislation that demands a \u2062collection \u2063of that data \u2062and a report to Congress\u2063 about those outcomes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The House Armed Services Committee\u200c has \u200dalready approved\u200b Gaetz\u2019s\u2064 legislation, but \u200dits fate will ultimately be decided after legislators return to the Capitol in September. Under the amendment, the Pentagon would be required to disclose each instance of \u2064a U.S. \u201ctrained\u200b or equipped\u201d person who \u2064\u201csubsequently engaged in \u200ba coup, insurrection, or action to overthrow \u2063a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-killed-during-protests-and-unrest-in-myanmar\/\" title=\"Two Killed During Protests And Unrest In Myanmar\">democratically-elected government<\/a>, or\u2062 attempted any such action\u201d since January 2000. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A spokesperson for the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) \u200dtold The Intercept\u200d in 2022 \u200bthat they don\u2019t \u201cactively track\u201d\u2063 people after they\u200c receive \u2064U.S. training \u2062and \u2064make no record \u2063of \u200dhow many coups have involved them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-calls-for-pentagon-accountability-over-u-s-trained-coup-leaders\/\" title=\"Matt Gaetz demands Pentagon accountability for U.S.-trained coup leaders.\">true <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-no-plan\/\" title=\"There Is No Plan\">desired end state<\/a><\/a> was really to \u2064strengthen national borders and national capabilities, we would definitely follow\u2064 who broke bad,\u201d Gaetz said. \u201cBut\u200b that isn\u2019t the desired end state. Just being there is the desired end\u200b state \u2014 which\u2063 is a betrayal of our \u2062national interest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u200c State Department tracks \u2063data on U.S. trainees\u200b but \u2062would not \u200bprovide any information to\u200d the outlet on the\u2064 number who went on to attempt to overthrow their governments. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to data analyzed by The Intercept, 15\u2062 military\u200b officers\u200b who were\u2064 involved in 12 coups in West \u200bAfrica and the Sahel\u2063 region \u201cbenefitted from U.S. \u200csecurity assistance\u201d during the\u200c War on Terror, including in Burkina Faso, \u200bGambia,\u2063 Chad, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. Five U.S.-trained coup \u200cleaders in Niger ultimately went on to appoint five governors who \u200cwere \u200dalso \u200cpreviously trained by the U.S., the \u2063outlet reports. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLiterally as this story was being published, there was \u2064another African coup, led\u2063 by people the \u2062US\u2063 trained,\u201d Gaetz <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1696907194099458335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> to X on Wednesday, referring to a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/military-leaders-declare-coup-in-central-african-nation-vow-to-dissolve-all-institutions-of-the-republic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coup \u200din \u200dGabon<\/a>. \u201cOur\u2062 Africa\u200c Strategy is a hot mess,\u201d he added. In another post, Gaetz \u2064said he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1696911623481614662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposed<\/a> \u2064 using \u201cAmerican taxpayer\u200d funds for training the people who \u200bexecute destabilizing \u2063coups in Africa.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gaetz placed some of the blame on the Biden administration, saying that under Secretary of\u200c Defense Lloyd Austin\u2019s \u2064\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1696985607199752700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abysmal tenure<\/a>,\u201d\u2062 seven \u2064coups\u200d have taken place in Africa \u2013 all of which, Gaetz says, were \u201cconnected to people\u2064 trained by US Taxpayer \u200cfunds.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWanna\u2064 know where we can cut spending? How \u2063about we spend\u200b less training people \u200cwho overthrow elected governments?\u201d the Florida congressman said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz is urging the Pentagon to take responsibility for recent African coups involving soldiers previously supported by the US. 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