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Podcast: Fault Lines
Episode: Episode 311: Is Niger Giving America the Boot?
Description: Today, Les, Jess, John, and Morgan discuss this weekend’s announcement by Niger’s junta that it was suspending military cooperation with Washington and ordering U.S. troops to leave the country. This comes upon the heels of a coup last summer in Niger, the resulting restrictions on U.S. aid to the country, and recent stories that U.S. and Western intelligence show that Niger is exploring a deal to allow Iran access to its uranium reserves.What did last week’s visit to Niger by U.S. officials seek to accomplish? How can the United...