Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Reed Issues Opening Statement at Confirmation Hearing for USMC Commandant Nominee Smith
June 27, 2023
June 27, 2023
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following opening statement at a June 13, 2023, confirmation hearing for Gen. Eric M. Smith to be commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps:
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Good morning. The committee meets today to consider the nomination of General Eric Smith to be the 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps. General, I would like to welcome your wife, Trish; your daughter, Elise, and son-i . . .
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Good morning. The committee meets today to consider the nomination of General Eric Smith to be the 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps. General, I would like to welcome your wife, Trish; your daughter, Elise, and son-i . . .