No final decision on withdrawing US troops from Niger and Chad, top official tells AP

FILE – Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Adm. Christopher Grady, right, arrives for a closed door briefing about the leaked highly classified military documents, on Capitol Hill, April 19, 2023, in Washington. Grady says there’s been no final decision on whether or not all U.S. troops will leave Niger and Chad. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) BOSTON - There has been no final decision on whether or not all U.S. troops will leave Niger and Chad, two African countries that are integral to the military’s efforts to counter violent extremist organizations across the Sahel region, a top U.S. military official…