Hagel tours low-profile U.S. base in Qatar

http - December 10th, 2013

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar The U.S. air operations center in Qatar has long been a hub where combat sorties into Iraq and Afghanistan were tracked and international forces kept watch over hotspots in the Persian Gulf and western Mediterranean Sea. But for years it's kept a low profile in a region sometimes reluctant to advertise its significant U.S. military presence

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