A little-publicized State Department program that trains and equips local forces responding to terrorist attacks in their home countries has expanded steadily in the past decade
DAKAR, Senegal—The State Department is opening new, military-style training facilities around the world, expanding plans to prop up local forces battling terrorism as the Trump administration seeks cutbacks in conventional diplomacy and development programs.
Three new State Department training centers—in Africa and Southeast Asia—are joining two centers in the Middle East that train and equip forces responding to terrorist attacks in their home countries.
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