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Alexander Reiterates Plans To Make CYBERCOM A Unified Command

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, March 12th, 2014

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Alexander Reiterates Plans To Make CYBERCOM A Unified Command

Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) Commander Army Gen. Keith Alexander reiterated plans to raise the combatant command structure over the next year at a congressional hearing Wednesday. “We’re going to need to shift to a unified command,” he said before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities. Headquartered at Ft. Meade, Md., CYBERCOM currently operates as a sub-unified combatant command with Strategic Command (STRATCOM). It is responsible for defense of the .mil domain, offensive cyber operations and security…

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