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The United States possesses the world’s premier Special Operations forces. Since SOCOM’s beginnings with the 1987 Nunn-Cohen Act, which got very strong opposition by many in the Pentagon, including then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral William J. Crowe Jr., SOCOM has grown exponentially and today numbers more than 70,000 troops and civilians. The Nunn-Cohen Act created both U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the position of assistant secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-intensity Conflict (ASD(SO/LIC)).
By creating the ASD(SO/LIC) position Congress ensured that the new “service-like” organization (SOCOM) would be under civilian control and oversight. ASD(SO/LIC)’s responsibilities included providing “overall supervision (including oversight of policy and resources) of special operations activities.”
More than 15 hours of testimony failed to answer fundamental questions about the Capitol attack. Among them: Why national security officials responded differently to BLM protesters than to Trump [.]