New Congressional Commitee will step into military special forces’ secret missions, scandals
Members of a newly formed subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee are planning to bring added scrutiny to U.S. military special operations units after years of secretive missions and high-profile scandals.
Members of a newly formed subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee are planning to bring added scrutiny to U.S. military special operations units after years of secretive missions and high-profile scandals.
The new “Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations” chaired by Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a U.S. Marine combat veteran, will direct some focus on the secretive nature of special operations units and their high tempo deployment pace, Gallego told Business Insider on Thursday.
Addressing their secretive nature, Gallego told Business Insider, “It definitely is a problem. They are special operators, but they are still under the purview of civilian authority, and I also don’t appreciate that they’ve been essentially used to … go around Congress’s ability to wage war.”
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https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/02/new-congress-cmte-will-step-into-military-special-forces-secret-missions-scandals/