Pentagon seeks authority over training foreign militaries

WASHINGTON • The Pentagon asked Congress yesterday to give it permanent authority over training and equipping foreign militaries, in a shifting of roles from the State Department.

Both Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought Congressional approval for the change, as well as authorization for the Pentagon to spend $750m in 2009 in helping foreign militaries.

Gates told members of the House Armed Services Committee the foreign military assistance program is "a vital and enduring military requirement, irrespective of the capacity of other departments, and its authorities and funding mechanisms should reflect that reality."

Some lawmakers said it raised questions about the military's growing role in domains traditionally reserved for diplomats

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Next, the Pentagon and Congress will be allowing for the deployment of foreign troops in America to put down any resistance to the evil agendas from the evil powers to be.