Joseph Lieberman actually said...

With all respect, I consider this budget to represent unacceptable risk to our national strategy, and I hope members of this committee acros...

is supportive of the bipartisan legislation being introduced by Senators Lieberman and Collins

The SOF can only be special if there's a conventional force that allows them to conduct their operations and shape the environment.

I believe it is important to note that DOD never actually sized the ground forces for large-scale stability operations.