U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed the deployment of troops to the area surrounding Sudan as a precaution amid rising levels of violent civil conflict.
fielded questions from the press Friday, and he was asked for updates regarding the safety of U.S. citizens trapped in warring Sudan.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley address a press conference during a Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base, southwestern Germany, April 21, 2023."We always want to make sure that we're doing prudent planning, which is what we're doing," Austin added."We've deployed some forces into the theater to ensure that we provide as many options as possible if we are called on to do something.
People fleeing street battles between the forces of two rival Sudanese generals are transported on the back of a truck in the southern part of Khartoum April 21, 2023., coordinator for strategic communications at the White House's National Security Council, emphasized the growing tension in a press gaggle that followed.
"It's just a matter of making sure that we're ready for it. Still a very tense situation in Khartoum. None of these so-called cease-fires have taken root for very long. So the fighting continues."
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