Chris Coons actually said...

"If you might, for AMISOM to be successful, they need--several of you have recommended greater force projection capability."

"I have represented in a number of settings that this is something we really ought to be looking to more broadly."

"Today's hearing comes almost exactly two decades after the battle of Mogadishu, in which 18 Americans were killed defending U.S. interests and providing vital humanitarian assistance to Somalia."

"A steady transition from 20 years of statelessness, lawlessness, and violence to a functioning democracy is part of the objective of this hearing."