November 20, 2009

            Washington, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) released the following statement after Congressman Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) was elected to serve on the House Armed Services Committee:

November 20, 2009

           Washington, D.C. – Today, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder to request a briefing on the administration’s decision to use federal criminal courts to prosecute detainees currently held at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

November 19, 2009

Washington, D.C.—Today, Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman James R. Langevin (D-R.I.) and Ranking Member Michael R. Turner (R-Ohio) released the joint statement below in response to the release of a report on Life Extension Options for the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile by the JASON scientific advisory panel.

November 17, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Today, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Vic Snyder (D-Ark.) convened a hearing to examine the various options proposed for U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and how each option may affect and be affected by U.S. strategy in Iraq.

November 10, 2009

Washington, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) released the following statement on the nomination of Erin Conaton as Under Secretary of the Air Force.  Ms. Conaton currently serves as the Majority Staff Director of the House Armed Services Committee: