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WASHINGTON -- House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon made the following statement regarding the Department of Defense's Strategic Choices and Management Review (SCMR):
"This committee has been persistent in our encouragement for the Pentagon to conduct prudent planning and to make the consequences of sequestration clear. I welcome any attempt by the Department to do that.
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WASHINGTON— Rep. Howard P "Buck" McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on PFC Bradley Manning's conviction. |
Despite Gains, Leader of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan Says Troops Must Stay (excerpts below)
New York Times
Gen. Dempsey: "I don't recommend a zero option."
Amb. Crocker: "if it is a tactic, it is mindless; if it is a strategy, its criminal"
Gen. Dunford: "Anyone who reinforces this idea…is actually being unhelpful"
Dempsey: No Zero Option
Washington Times
WASHINGTON -- In a recent letter to their House colleagues, seven Chairman of the national security committees and subcommittees in the House all came out in opposition to the Amash amendment to HR 2397, the Defense Appropriations bill. The text of the letter said:
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Wall Street Journal Editorial Board |
Obama's Detention Victory (full text)
An appeals court backs his power to detain enemy combatants.
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Washington, D.C. - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon made the following statement in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruling regarding the FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act: |