Eliot Engel actually said...

I am very troubled by the redesign. I am worried that the redesign will be used as an excuse to cut back.

I am concerned about the imbalance between military and the non-military approaches to countering terrorism in sub-Saharan Africa.

Countering the terrorist groups in Africa is a clear foreign policy priority and it deserves this committee's attention.

How does gutting vital efforts help us get at the root causes of this problem?