COCOMs Hearing

The Senate Armed Services Committee plans to hold a hearing featuring the heads of U.S. Central and Special Operations commands next week.

Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, the current head of CENTCOM, will testify alongside Navy Adm. and SOCOM chief William McRaven at 9:30 a.m. on March 5, according to a committee statement issued this afternoon.

Meanwhile, the committee earlier today approved the nominations of Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to become the next CENTCOM chief and Army Gen. David Rodriguez to become head of U.S. Africa Command, according to a separate panel statement.

No date has yet been set for the full Senate to consider the Austin and Rodriguez appointments, whose nomination hearing took place earlier this month.