Austin Praises Impressive Progress in Somali Fight Against al-Shabab

Djibouti - U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says Somali forces have made "impressive progress" in the fight against al-Shabab but cautioned that the terror group still can "export terror from ungoverned spaces."

"I think they (Somali forces) made more progress in the last year than was made in the previous five years," Austin told reporters in Djibouti.

Austin met with Somali President Hassan Sheikh M