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Lawmakers Grill Prospective Marine Corps Chief On Iraq Troop Commitment

Thursday, July 23rd, 2015

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Lawmakers Grill Prospective Marine Corps Chief On Iraq Troop Commitment

Gen. Robert Neller, Marine Corps Commandant. Photo: USMC.

The prospective 37th commandant of the Marine Corps sailed fairly unscathed through his confirmation hearing Thursday until the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee called him out for lack of commitment to putting boots on the ground in Iraq, again, and arming troops at recruiting centers.The two-hour hearing went very smoothly for Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, who enlisted in the Marine Corps fresh out of college in 1974, with senators of both parties extolling his lengthy service,…

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