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US gives $5bn to global terror fight US gives $5bn to global terror fight
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US President Barack Obama is to announce a $5bn (£3bn) "terrorism partnership fund" for other countries to tackle extremists. US President Barack Obama has announced a $5bn (£3bn) "terrorism partnership fund" to help other countries tackle extremists.
The cash will help countries in the Middle East, Africa and East Asia.The cash will help countries in the Middle East, Africa and East Asia.
He will announce the plan in a speech at the US Military Academy in West Point. He announced the plan at the US Military Academy in West Point, as he set out his foreign policy vision.
On Tuesday, he said the full withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in 2016 would free up resources to tackle emerging terror threats elsewhere. The end of the combat mission in Afghanistan at the end of the year would free up resources to tackle emerging threats elsewhere, he said.
Describing 2014 as a "pivotal year", he said: "In addition to bringing our troops home, this new chapter in American foreign policy will allow us to redirect some of the resources saved by ending these wars to respond more nimbly to the changing threat of terrorism." "I am calling on Congress to support a new counter-terrorism partnerships fund of up to $5 billion, which will allow us to train, build capacity, and facilitate partner countries on the front lines."
Secretary of State John Kerry announced the $5bn cash plan on CBS This Morning, saying US foreign policy needs to reflect a "rapidly changing, more complex world where terrorism is the principal challenge". The money would go towards missions such as training security forces in Yemen, supporting a multinational force to keep the peace in Somalia, working with European allies to train a functioning security force in Libya, and helping French operations in Mali, he said.
The president, when he takes to the podium at 1000 local time (1400 GMT) at West Point in New York, will try to recast US foreign policy as one which acts on a platform of international consensus. Turning to the civil war in Syria, he promised to "ramp up support" for those in opposition to the regime of President Assad, although he did not give details about what that would mean in practice.
A White House official said: "He will lay out why the right policy is one that is both interventionist and internationalist, but not isolationist or unilateral". His speech attempted to recast US foreign policy as one which would use military force when necessary but primarily acts on a platform of international consensus.
The president will set out how events in Ukraine, Iran and Syria fit into his vision and how al-Qaeda and other radical groups now pose a threat "from South Asia to the Sahel", the official added. "We must broaden our tools to include diplomacy and development; sanctions and isolation; appeals to international law and - if just, necessary, and effective - multilateral military action.
"We must do so because collective action in these circumstances is more likely to succeed, more likely to be sustained, and less likely to lead to costly mistakes."
Last week, the US sent about 80 troops to Chad as part of a mission to help locate hundreds of school girls abducted by Islamist group Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria.Last week, the US sent about 80 troops to Chad as part of a mission to help locate hundreds of school girls abducted by Islamist group Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria.
The address will mark the start of a series of speeches from the president about foreign policy over the next 10 days, in an attempt to respond to critics who say current US foreign policy is weak. The address marks the start of a series of speeches from the president about foreign policy over the next 10 days, in an attempt to respond to critics who say current US foreign policy is weak.
On a trip to Europe, he will give a speech about US commitment to Europe in Warsaw, meet with the G7 leaders in Brussels, and honour US veterans in Normandy at the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.On a trip to Europe, he will give a speech about US commitment to Europe in Warsaw, meet with the G7 leaders in Brussels, and honour US veterans in Normandy at the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.