U.S. to Help Deploy African Troops in Darfur
From Times Wire Reports
The White House said it would provide two U.S. military transport planes to help expand an African peacekeeping force in Sudan’s Darfur region.
President Bush directed Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to make the planes available for two weeks starting this month to help deploy the African Union force, which is expected to total about 3,500.
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