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PBS NewsHour | Logistical Challenges Combating Islamic Militants in Africa | PBS

Duration: 12:06
Program: PBS NewsHour #10544
Broadcast Date: Jan. 17, 2013

Jeffrey Brown gets an update on the situation in Algeria and the French intervention in Mali from ITN's Lindsey Hilsum. Ray Suarez discusses the logistical issues inherent in battling Islamist militants in Saharan Africa, as well as the role of the U.S. with Atlantic Council's J. Peter Pham and Col. Cedric Leighton (Ret.).

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Post Date: January 17, 2013