FILE - In this March 24, 2017, file photo, Somali soldiers walk near the wreckage of a car bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia. A police official says the car bomb exploded near a restaurant and hotel in Somalia's capital killing at least one person and wounding others. Week by week, country by country, the Pentagon is quietly seizing more control over warfighting decisions, sending hundreds of more troops to war with little public debate and seeking greater authority to battle extremists across the Middle East and Africa. This week it was Somalia, where President Donald Trump gave the U.S. military more authority to conduct offensive airstrikes on al-Qaida-linked militants. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)
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