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Senior Special Operations Officials Testify at House Budget Request Hearing

  • Defense.gov
  • Feb. 15, 2018 | 57:01

Owen West, assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, and Army Gen. Raymond A. Thomas III, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, testify at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee's evolution, transformation and sustainment subcommittee on the fiscal year 2019 budget request for special operations forces and Socom.