By Amaani Lyle
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2014 – While the scale of the homeland security threat has diminished, overseas threats to U.S. interests continue to grow, the military’s top special operations leaders said on Capitol Hill yesterday.
Michael D. Lumpkin, assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, and Navy Adm. William H. McRaven, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee’s emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee that al-Qaida still retains sanctuaries in remote areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, with burgeoning sects in Syria, North Africa and the Sahel.
“The threat continues to evolve,” Lumpkin said. “We must maintain pressure on terrorist organizations.”
Despite austere fiscal conditions, Lumpkin said, the Defense Department has provided counterinsurgency training and humanitarian assistance in Colombia, not only bringing security and prosperity to the region, but also helping it emerge as an expert in regional security.
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