VICENZA, Italy – When Chanson Benjamin started law school at the University of Minnesota, he never expected to trade his textbooks for civil affairs operations in Côte d’Ivoire.
For the last six months, this Twin Cities resident has stepped into a different kind of classroom, the streets and military briefing rooms of West Africa. There, he has interpreted French for U.S. Soldiers working with Côte d’Ivoire’s military...
