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Feb 20, 2013 Defense Drumbeat

(CNN) -- During the third and final presidential debate last October, President Obama made a promise to the American people. Sequestration, a package of forced budget cuts, "is not something I proposed," he said. "It will not happen."

What a difference 100 days make.

Feb 19, 2013 Defense Drumbeat

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon spoke with CNN this morning about President Obama's plan to avert sequestration with more defense cuts -- and ignore substantial entitlement spending reform.

Feb 14, 2013 Defense Drumbeat

By: Bill Gertz
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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress on Wednesday that the military could not afford one more dollar in cuts without scaling back forces and operations.

Feb 13, 2013 Press Release

Washington – Following an historic hearing with the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the national security implications of repeated defense cuts, Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) made the following statement:

Feb 13, 2013 Defense Drumbeat

Last week, President Obama opened the door to a temporary fix of sequestration.  When asked to elaborate on what that fix would look like, Spokesman Jay Carney again advocated paying down sequester with more defense cuts. VIEW CHART

Feb 12, 2013 Press Release

McKeon Statement on White House 
Plan to Withdraw Forces from Afghanistan

Feb 12, 2013 Press Release

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement regarding President Obama’s State of the Union address:

Feb 12, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON- Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on North Korea's latest nuclear detonation.

“It is unfortunate that despite repeated overtures, the North Korean government has chosen to further isolate itself and increasingly destabilize the region.

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