Senators seek to elevate U.S. Cyber Command

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Navy Adm. Michael Rogers (L), commander of the US Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency and chief of Central Security Services, waits to testify before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 5, 2016. / AFP / YURI GRIPAS (Photo credit should read YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)

A bipartisan group of senators have introduced a measure to elevate US Cyber Command to a unified combatant command, a move that would make it one the most powerful institutions in the Defense Department.

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Joe Gould was the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry. He had previously served as Congress reporter.