Larry Combest: “Mr. Chairman, I want to say initially that I am in total agreement with the gentleman's intent, that I share his…”

“Mr. Chairman, I want to say initially that I am in total agreement with the gentleman's intent, that I share his concerns and voted for provisions in H.R. 7 of last year that would have substantially improved the process by which intelligence could be shared with the United Nations. Unfortunately, those restrictions did not become law, and I still support the idea of requiring that to the appropriate committees of Congress, that any information which is shared with the United Nations commanders must be provided to the Congress for oversight. I am concerned, and our committee spent a good deal of time over the last year following some recognition of some problems in pursuing those to make certain that there was no loss of sources or methods in some of them mishandling of classified information, and we have a very strong concern. Let me mention two areas of concern that I have in regards to the gentleman's amendment that I certainly do not presume in any shape, form or fashion would be intentional.”