We've talked about the counterterrorism operations there, that there were multiple terrorist groups at play in Mali, and that it's kind of narrowed down to two players. As stated in the UN report at the end of March here on MINUSMA, on January 15 the Islamic State and the Greater Sahara issued a threat that they'd work jointly with al Qaeda in the Maghreb to counter the deployment of the G5 Sahel joint force. We also know that in the UN Security Council resolution from December 8, resolution 2391, paragraph 13, essentially the UN Secretary-General can assign UN assets, especially for medevac and casevac, for the G5 Sahel in operations in Mali. Our guys could potentially be going into hot conflict. Will we have the right force protection and the ability to defend ourselves as we go into those dangerous situations?
On April 19th, 2018. See this statement in context.