On Monday,President Sharif attended the opening session of the Somali transitional parliamentin Mogadishu, dressed in a military uniform.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

"Despite more than two million troops in uniform - not counting the US military - NATO has struggled,at times desperately, to sustain a deployment of twenty-five thousand to forty-five thousand troops, not just in boots on the ground, but in crucial support assets."

VOA: special.2011.06.11