Player Embed Code: <iframe width='500' height='300' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border: none; overflow: hidden; width: 500px; height: 300px;' allowtransparency='true' src='https://www.dvidshub.net/video/embed/629260'></iframe> Download Embed Share DoD Leaders Discuss Syria Strategy at House Hearing Defense.gov Sept. 26, 2018 | 01:09:07 Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Robert S. Karem and Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Scott F. Benedict, the Joint Staff's Strategic Plans and Policy directorate's deputy director for politico-military affairs, Middle East, testify on the U.S. strategy in Syria during a House Armed Services Committee subcommittee hearing in Washington, Sept. 26, 2018.