House authorizers debate roles, resources for SOF under new NDS

摘要

House defense authorizers are questioning the roles and funding for U.S. special operations forces under the new National Defense Strategy, with a top Republican questioning whether the Pentagon is "truly building the force of the future." During a House Armed Services intelligence, emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee hearing today, Ranking Member Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said while U.S. Special Operations Command's Fiscal Year 2020 budget request of $13.8 billion seems like a modest 2.8 percent increase, "when taken in aggregate this year marks yet again continued and seminal growth for our Special Operations Forces."