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Derrick Van Orden: “I would like is by component commander, what is the delta…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Congressional Discussion on Special Operations Forces Budget with General Fenton

Published | Video Starts at 03:46

On the regular just to be able to. To do their job. Yep. Correct? Yes sir. Okay, so here's what I'd like from you, sir. What I would like is by component commander, what is the delta between what they're given every year and then the total of the UFers on average, let's say a five year average. so that we under this chairman's leadership can hopefully plus up all the O and M budgets for our Special Operations forces component commands will do. Give us real numbers. (03:46–04:00)

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Requests data on the budget shortfall for component commanders over a five-year average.

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