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Lieutenant General (ret) Kirk Smith
Lt. Gen. Kirk Smith is Deputy Commander, United States Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany. He is responsible to the Commander to help direct and enable operations, activities and investments for the command as they promote the national security interests for the U.S. in the 11.2 million-square-mile USAFRICOM area of responsibility, consisting of 53 African countries. USAFRICOM works with partners to counter transnational threats and malign actors, strengthen security forces and respond to crisis in order to advance US national interests and promote regional security, stability and prosperity.