WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Roger Wicker issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today led a hearing to examine the posture of United States Central Command and United States Africa Command amid ongoing operations in the Middle East, the significant degradation of Iran in Operation Epic Freedom, growing threats from Islamist terrorist organizations, and increasing strategic competition from China and Russia across Africa.
Admiral Charles B. Cooper II, USN, Commander of United States Central Command, and General Dagvin R.M. Anderson, USAF, Commander of United States Africa Command, both testified before the committee.
In his opening remarks, Chairman Wicker em...