Special Operations: What New Powers They Need
04.16.2013 at 08:08pm
Special Operations: What New Powers They Need From Congress and the Pentagon by Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., AOL Defense.
America's commandos have been darlings of the Congress, Pentagon, and the media since 9/11. Now, as Special Operations Forces reorient from Iraq and Afghanistan to lower-profile missions worldwide in places like Mali, they will need new sources of funding and new legal authorities — changes that may rub both Congress and the four armed services the wrong way…
