SSG Norman Lihou 439229 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The command naturally has a global focus, the general said, but works with regional combatant commands to fill in the seams. He used the foreign fighter problem as an example, saying the number of foreign fighters going to Syria and Iraq to fight with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is “staggering.”<br /><br />“More than 19,000 foreign fighters from 90 different countries have travelled to Syria and Iraq,” he said. “Their ideology is overpowering.”<br /><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=128047">http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=128047</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/008/111/qrc/dodlogo.png?1443032216"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=128047">Special Ops Commander Discusses Challenges, Priorities</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Skill, precision, cultural acuity, cutting-edge capability, flexibility, professionalism and teamwork still are the hallmarks of America’s special operations community, Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel said.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-01-27T15:54:21-05:00 SSG Norman Lihou 439229

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The command naturally has a global focus, the general said, but works with regional combatant commands to fill in the seams. He used the foreign fighter problem as an example, saying the number of foreign fighters going to Syria and Iraq to fight with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is “staggering.”<br /><br />“More than 19,000 foreign fighters from 90 different countries have travelled to Syria and Iraq,” he said. “Their ideology is overpowering.”<br /><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=128047">http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=128047</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/008/111/qrc/dodlogo.png?1443032216"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=128047">Special Ops Commander Discusses Challenges, Priorities</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Skill, precision, cultural acuity, cutting-edge capability, flexibility, professionalism and teamwork still are the hallmarks of America’s special operations community, Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel said.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

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