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DOD Official, Socom Chief Testify on Special Ops Budget Request

  • Defense.gov
  • April 9, 2019 | 01:24:46

Mark E. Mitchell, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, and Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke, commander of U.S. Special Operations command, testify on the evolution, transformation and sustainment of the fiscal year 2020 budget request for U.S. special operations forces and Socom at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on intelligence and emerging threats and capabilities, April 9, 2019.