U.S. Central Command Commander Cooper Testifies Before Senate Armed Services Committee
May 25, 2026
May 25, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Navy Adm. Charles B. Cooper II, commander of the U.S. Central Command, from a May 14, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request:
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Events in the Central Region have shown how quickly the course of history can change. Decades-old features of the strategic landscape, once thought immutable, have been upended. Since 1979, the Iranian regime has terrorized the region. Its . . .
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Events in the Central Region have shown how quickly the course of history can change. Decades-old features of the strategic landscape, once thought immutable, have been upended. Since 1979, the Iranian regime has terrorized the region. Its . . .