New commander nominations for CENTCOM, AFRICOM, and NATO. Deputy chief of Central Command Navy Vice Adm. Brad Cooper was chosen by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to lead CENTCOM at the conclusion of Gen. Erik Kurilla’s term at the Tampa-based headquarters; and Hegseth nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson to take over for AFRICOM’s Gen. Michael Langley, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Anderson currently works at the Pentagon’s Joint Staff as director of Joint Force Development.

Anderson oversaw a shuffling of U.S. troops in Somalia during the end of Trump’s first term. That effort was known as Joint Task Force-Quartz. At the start of his second term, Trump officials have reportedly been deeply conflicted over how to approach Somalia, which for years has been under at

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