U.S. Special Operations Command has sent Congress a nearly $1 billion "unfunded priorities" list, which includes aircraft, precision munitions and communications systems mostly to support operations in the Middle East and Africa, according to "for official use only" documents obtained by Inside Defense. A Feb. 20 letter from Army Gen. Richard Clark, commander of SOCOM, said he supports the Defense Department's formal fiscal year 2021 budget submission, which requests funds for SOCOM's highest priorities. "However," he wrote, "if additional resources become available, the command would apply those funds to the enclosed UPL addressing most pressing Special Operations Forces (SOF) requirements not contained" in the budget request.
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