President Donald Trump will bring leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda together in Washington on Dec. 4 to sign new deals aimed at stabilizing a war-scarred region and attracting Western mining investment.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi are expected to pledge their commitment to an economic integration compact agreed to last month, as well as to a U.S.-brokered peace deal reached in June, which is still not implemented.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will receive a classified briefing on Thursday from Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the Navy commander who allegedly ordered a follow-up strike that killed survivors of an attack on an alleged drug-smuggling boat near Venezuela….