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HAPPENING NOW: @USAfricaCommand Commander Gen. Stephen Townsend & @CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie back on #CapitolHill, testifying before the House Armed Services Committee
Joined by @DeptofDefense UnderSec for Policy Sasha Baker
Joined by @DeptofDefense UnderSec for Policy Sasha Baker
#China has made a decision, a deliberate decision to compete w/America in #Africa & win that competition" per @USAfricaCommand's Gen Townsend
"They compete primarily thru economic means & diplomatic means..."
"They compete primarily thru economic means & diplomatic means..."
"The primary thing that concerns me w/#China's military competition in #Africa is that they are seeking, actively seeking a military base on the #Atlantic Coast of Africa" per @USAfricaCommand's Gen Townsend
"That would be bad for America's security..."
"That would be bad for America's security..."
HAPPENING NOW: @CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie & @USAfricaCommand Cmdr Gen Stephen Townsend testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee
Chairman @SenJackReed opens up talking abt #Iran missile strike in #Irbil #Iraq...
Chairman @SenJackReed opens up talking abt #Iran missile strike in #Irbil #Iraq...
Intro remarks from ranking member @JimInhofe
"#Iran is the foremost threat" in the @CENTCOM region, he says
"Our partners increasingly doubt America's resolve" he adds, blaming what he calls "Pres. Biden's misguided policies"
"#Iran is the foremost threat" in the @CENTCOM region, he says
"Our partners increasingly doubt America's resolve" he adds, blaming what he calls "Pres. Biden's misguided policies"
No update from @DeptofDefense on investigation into rockets attacks vs #Baghdad, #Irbil
"Right now we're not ale to give you certain attribution as to who was behind these attacks, what group" per @PentagonPresSec
"Right now we're not ale to give you certain attribution as to who was behind these attacks, what group" per @PentagonPresSec
"We have seen in these attacks, historically, by Shia-backed militias that they do use #Iran|ian rockets, Iranian weapons" adds @PentagonPresSec
"Nobody's backing away from the significant security challenges that #Iran still posses...We've not been bashful about that at all" per @PentagonPresSec "Nobody also is in a rush to judgment here on these particular attacks"
NEW: No attribution yet for rockets attack Monday in #Baghdad or last week in #Irbil
"But clearly, look, these are dangerous attacks" per @PentagonPresSec
"We're there to counter #ISIS... our commanders have the right of self defense"
"But clearly, look, these are dangerous attacks" per @PentagonPresSec
"We're there to counter #ISIS... our commanders have the right of self defense"
#Pentagon-domestic violent extremism
@SecDef Lloyd Austin "would like to know with ore granularity how big the problem is...a better sense of the numbers" per @PentagonPresSec
@SecDef Lloyd Austin "would like to know with ore granularity how big the problem is...a better sense of the numbers" per @PentagonPresSec
Some commands have already conducted the mandatory one-day stand down to examine domestic extremism, per @PentagonPresSec
Also, @SecDef has issued a video to the troops, he says:
defense.gov/Explore/News/A…
Also, @SecDef has issued a video to the troops, he says:
defense.gov/Explore/News/A…
