Though the Obama administration is moving ahead with its whole-of-government rebalance to the Asia-Pacific, a handful of House Armed Services Committee members expressed concern Tuesday morning that the government, and Pentagon in particular, was doing so too quickly and at the expense of operations in the Middle East. HASC Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) started the round of questioning by asking whether ensuring full funding for operations in the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) would create new risks in the Middle East…
