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Defense secretary james mattis and general joseph doneford were on capitol hill this week testifying on President Trumps new military strategy in afghanistan and discussed the need to remove terrorist safe havens in other parts of the globe. It ran three hours. Committee will come to order. Committee welcomes secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff today for a hearing on afghanistan and south asia. The secretary had had previously indicated he would be back to discuss the approach to the region once it is decided and thats the topic for today. I understand there are ...

South asia. The secretary had had previously indicated he would be back to discuss the approach to the region once it is decided and thats the topic for today. I understand there are many issues facing the department and this committee but in the interest of time and focus i want to encourage members to confine their questions to todays subject. The United States officially launched Operation Enduring freedom on october 7th, 2001, just about exactly 16 years ago. Approximately 2,400 American Service members have lost their lives in the conflict. Another 20,000 or so have been wounded. As this ...

Beneficial effect as to the significant commitment of troops. Mr. Pregent im concerned about our footprint right now. 5,000 americans are in iraq and 100,000 shia militia members are in iraq, led by the same people that targeted americans five years ago. They made these threats. I dont think we can do the leverage part where we start to curb or reign influence, try to get militias to stand down without putting our current footprint at risk of being targeted. Mr. Doran so the 5,000 troops we have there are hostages in a , or potential hostages if iranian policy were to change. Mr. Pregent our f...

Beneficial effect as to the significant commitment of troops. Mr. Pregent im concerned about our footprint right now. 5,000 americans are in iraq and 100,000 shia militia members are in iraq, led by the same people that targeted americans five years ago. They made these threats. I dont think we can do the leverage part where we start to curb or reign influence, try to get militias to stand down without putting our current footprint at risk of being targeted. Mr. Doran so the 5,000 troops we have there are hostages in a , or potential hostages if iranian policy were to change. Mr. Pregent our f...

Beneficial effect as to the significant commitment of troops. Mr. Pregent im concerned about our footprint right now. 5,000 americans are in iraq and 100,000 shia militia members are in iraq, led by the same people that targeted americans five years ago. They made these threats. I dont think we can do the leverage part where we start to curb or reign influence, try to get militias to stand down without putting our current footprint at risk of being targeted. Mr. Doran so the 5,000 troops we have there are hostages in a , or potential hostages if iranian policy were to change. Mr. Pregent our f...