General faces questions over Niger ambush that killed four US soldiers

The U.S. general who led the investigation into the Islamic State-linked ambush last year that killed four soldiers in Niger will testify before the House on Tuesday and could reveal new details on what went wrong with the mission.

The Pentagon is poised to release the findings of the probe by Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, the head of U.S. Africa Command, and the general is likely to be peppered with questions about the deadly ambush and the military’s advisory missions on the continent when he appears before the House Armed Services Committee.