Potential threats

Aspiring USMC Chief: Russia Threat On Par With Radical Extremism

Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, the administration's nominee to lead the US Marine Corps, said Thursday that Russia is the "greatest potential threat" to the US, but to the American people, he said the top threat is "radical extremism."

Neller, who appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee at a July 23 hearing to consider his nomination as commandant, said he believed that Russia is nation-state threat, but the threat of violent extremists is of equal concern. Neller did not mention the Islamic State by name.