U.S. Special Operations Command sends Congress $1B wish list

By Tony Bertuca / March 6, 2020 at 11:45 AM
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...

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