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ROGERS STATEMENT AT HEARING ON “NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES AND U.S. MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA”

Apr 20, 2021 Press Release

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In both AFRICOM and CENTCOM, we have made progress in combatting terrorists, but they are not completely gone.  

Adding to the problem, many groups have spread out, making them more difficult to locate.   

General Townsend, as we discussed last week, maintaining pressure on these terrorist networks, remains vitally important. 

But spending in AFRICOM comprises only 0.3% of our defense budget.  

ROGERS STATEMENT AT HEARING ON “NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES AND U.S. MILITARY ACTIVITY IN EUROPE”

Apr 15, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on “National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activity in Europe.”

Remarks as prepared for delivery:

European Command and our NATO allies are facing an increasingly belligerent Russia and growing Chinese influence operations.

Russia continues to modernize, investing in hypersonics, strategic capabilities, and information warfare. 

Rogers, Inhofe Urge Biden to Change Course on Afghanistan

Apr 15, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member of House Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today after President Joe Biden announced the United States would withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021:
 

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