Pushback?

[Dan Goncharoff]

Was "Pushback" used in any official dispatch? I only see it in the headline
written by the AFPO, the Armed Forces Press Office, the US military's PR
arm.

DanG


On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Martin Kaminer
<martin.kaminer at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Seems a bit jargony for an official DoD dispatch, no?  I have
> encountered that term only in corporate rather than military
> discourse, perhaps it refers to a new type of "Politik mit anderen
> Mitteln"?
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> Subject: U.S. Supports Pushback Against Lord's Resistance Army
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> U.S. Supports Pushback Against Lord's Resistance Army
> 04/25/2012 10:22 AM CDT
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> U.S. Supports Pushback Against Lord's Resistance Army
>
> By Karen Parrish
> American Forces Press Service
>
> WASHINGTON, April 25, 2012 - The United States is part of a successful
> effort to help counter the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa, but a
> four-pillared approach to neutralizing the terrorist group must continue,
> senior defense, diplomatic and aid officials told senators here yesterday.
>
> That approach, officials explained, includes increasing protection for
> civilians in LRA-affected areas, apprehending and removing Joseph Kony and
> other LRA leaders, disarming, demobilizing and reintegrating remaining LRA
> fighters, and sustaining humanitarian relief to affected areas.
>
> Amanda J. Dory, deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for African affairs,
> joined Donald Yamamoto, principal deputy assistant Secretary of State for
> African affairs, and Earl Gast, U.S. Agency for International Development
> assistant administrator for Africa, in testimony before the Senate Foreign
> Relations Committee's African Affairs Subcommittee yesterday.
>
> The LRA is composed mostly of kidnapped children forced to conduct Kony's
> terrorist tactics over the past 20 years, administration officials have
> said. Tens of thousands of people have been murdered and as many as 1.8
> million have been displaced by the LRA, they said.
>
> President Barack Obama announced April 23 that a U.S. military
> advise-and-assist mission to Central Africa, begun in October, will remain
> in place with periodic review.
>
> "Our advisers will continue their efforts to bring this madman to justice
> and to save lives," the president said in announcing the mission's
> extension.
>
> The 100-member U.S. team of trainers is working to help nations affected by
> the LRA to "help realize a future where no African child is stolen from
> their family and no girl is raped and no boy is turned into a child
> soldier," Obama said.
>
> Dory described U.S. contributions to the effort, which include training
> local forces and assisting in intelligence and logistics coordination.
>
> "The militaries of Uganda, the Central African Republic, South Sudan and
> the
> Democratic Republic of the Congo, in collaboration with the African Union,
> continue to pursue the LRA and seek to protect local populations," she
> said.
> "They are leading this effort."
>
> U.S. advisors in Uganda synchronize and oversee the department's
> counter-LRA
> efforts and coordinate with Ugandan forces, she said, while other U.S.
> service members work in field locations with forces from Uganda, the
> Central
> African Republic and South Sudan.
>
> "U.S. advisors have helped to set up operations fusion centers to enable
> daily coordination, information sharing and tactical coordination," she
> said. "[They] are also integrating local civilian leaders into the work of
> the partner forces to improve the effectiveness of the civil-military
> relations."
>
> Yamamoto said the State Department's role in the counter-LRA mission
> largely
> involves multinational coordination.
>
> "We are coordinating closely with the United Nations peacekeeping missions
> in the region, especially to promote civilian protection," he said. "We
> have
> encouraged the U.N. to scale up its efforts when possible. We are also
> working very closely with the African Union to increase its efforts to
> address the LRA."
>
> Gast said USAID has worked in Africa since the late 1980s to help
> communities build security, to reintegrate children formerly abducted by
> the
> LRA, and to strengthen economic development in affected areas.
>
> "As the conflict first began to exact severe economic losses, cause mass
> displacement and weaken governance in Northern Uganda, USAID focused on
> providing lifesaving assistance to those affected by the conflict," Gast
> said. "When the LRA was finally driven out of Northern Uganda, our programs
> shifted from relief to recovery and then to longer-term development, which
> is taking place now."
>
> Dory noted the LRA operates in a remote and rugged zone that includes parts
> of several countries. U.S. forces have effectively only been in the area
> since December and January, she said, but they have seen results from their
> efforts.
>
> "We believe the U.S. military advisors have established a good foundation
> and made initial progress, especially considering the complexity of the
> operating environment, the number of partners involved and the remoteness
> of
> the operational areas," Dory said. "We will continue to monitor the
> situation closely with our interagency partners to ensure our support is
> having the intended impact."
>
>
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