Special Operations Commander Wants To Expand Global Operations

Photo: Adm. William H. McRaven

U.S. Special Forces Commander Seeks To Expand Operations -- L.A. Times

In a sign of shifting Pentagon tactics and priorities, draft plans indicate a push to expand clandestine units to fight terrorism and other 'emerging threats' around the globe.

WASHINGTON — A top U.S. commander is seeking authority to expand clandestine operations against militants and insurgencies around the globe, a sign of shifting Pentagon tactics and priorities after a grueling decade of large-scale wars.

Adm. William H. McRaven, a Navy SEAL and commander of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, has developed plans that would provide far-reaching new powers to make special operations units "the force of choice" against "emerging threats" over the next decade, internal Defense Department documents show.

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My Comment: Adm. William H. McRaven's department (Special Operations Command) has been exempted from defense budget cuts .... so it is only natural to assume that this request to expand operations is probably following a certain script. My prediction .... he will get some additional leeway but with tight White House/Pentagon strings attached to it.