Armed Services Chair GOP Rep. Mike Rogers to DoD Under Sec.: ‘I’m Concerned that You Weren’t Being Truthful with Me’

‘We may not always agree on a policy decision, but the Constitution requires you and your team to have forthright conversations with this committee’

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ROGERS: “You also need to make these types of decisions in consultation with your primary oversight committee in Congress. That would be this committee. We made repeated requests to be consulted on any potential U.S. force posture changes. Despite those requests, last October, just two weeks before this decision to withdraw the U.S. Brigade from Romania, you told me during a meeting in your office at the Pentagon that you were not aware of any ongoing such discussions of that type. I'm concerned that you weren't being truthful with me.”

 

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