Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 2014 SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE Fiscal 2014 Defense Authorization: Military Commands A hearing on the U.S. military commands in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal 2014 and the future years defense program. Topic: U.S. Central

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    Defense Authorization for Central Command and Special Operations

    Central and Special Operations Commands leaders testified on funding for 2014 military programs. General James Mattis, the head of military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, said that his personal recommendation to President Obama was that the U.S. should leave 13,600 troops in Afghanistan after 2014. He also told the committee that military plans for taking out Iran’s nuclear program are “fully developed” if negotiations on that issue were to fail.

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    Senate Armed Services Committee: Defense Authorization for FY2014 3

    SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE Fiscal 2014 Defense Authorization: Military Commands A hearing on the U.S. military commands in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal 2014 and the future years defense program. Topic: U.S. Central Command; U.S. Special Operations Command WITNESSES: Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis, Commander, U.S. Central Command Adm. William H. McRaven, commander, U.S. Special Operations Command

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    Senate Armed Services Committee: Defense Authorization for FY2014 4

    SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE Fiscal 2014 Defense Authorization: Military Commands A hearing on the U.S. military commands in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal 2014 and the future years defense program. Topic: U.S. Central Command; U.S. Special Operations Command WITNESSES: Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis, Commander, U.S. Central Command Adm. William H. McRaven, commander, U.S. Special Operations Command