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James Jones: “One of the reasons that AFRICOM wound up in Stuttgart, Germany was that we refused to change the title 'combatant…”

On the recordDecember 2, 2015
One of the reasons that AFRICOM wound up in Stuttgart, Germany was that we refused to change the title 'combatant command.'
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James Jones
Oklahoma

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Jones explains the naming issue that affected AFRICOM's location.

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