Special Forces, Special Funding

Just about everyone in the defense world was happy last month when both the Quadrennial Defense Review and the fiscal 2007 defense budget recommended a boost in funding and personnel for U.S. Special Operations Forces. However, Sean D. Naylor’s piece in the latest Army Times indirectly raises an interesting question: If the money and manpower comes through, does anyone in the Pentagon know who’s ultimately going to be responsible for their use?