Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee told nominee to lead Southern Command they want to consider new command and control structures to oversee the U.S. fight against narcotics trafficking. During the Tuesday confirmation hearing for Vice Adm. Craig Faller, Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said there was no clear leadership between the Defense Department, Homeland Security, Justice and Treasury for the fight on the supply entering the country. King told Faller there was a need for a “clear command structure” to improve on what Adm. Kurt Tidd, current SOUTHCOM commander, said was the successful interdiction of only twenty-five percent Faller … Continue reading SASC Quizzes SOUTHCOM Nominee on Drug War Command and Control