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SOCOM leaders tell House subcommittee rising mission demands strain flat budget
Summary
Officials told the House Armed Services Subcommittee that U.S. Special Operations Forces face sharply rising demand, growing operational costs and personnel cuts while receiving less than 2% of the Defense Department budget, creating readiness and modernization trade-offs.
Colby Jenkins, performing the duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low‑Intensity Conflict, and Gen. Brian Fenton, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, told the House Armed Services Subcommittee that Special Operations Forces (SOF) face accelerating global demand at a time of constrained budgets and personnel reductions.
Jenkins said SOF represent “less than 2% of the defense budget” while continuing to provide “outsized effects” for U.S. security. He and Fenton described a sharp increase in requests from…
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