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Apr 23, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

Maintaining America’s nuclear deterrent is vital to the security of our nation and that of our allies. That deterrent must be safe, secure, and effective. Our nuclear weapons policy is crucial to the strategic stability that has preserved peace and prevented the use of nuclear weapons for decades.

Apr 19, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

1. McKeon on Fox News
(PlayChairman McKeon on Cavuto 

 

 

2. WSJ: Sequestration Would Be “Jarring” for the Military and Industry
Contingency Planning Includes Massive Layoffs and Closing Facilities 

Apr 19, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

Afghanistan's Bloody Spring
Mr. President, have you heard there's a war on?

Wall Street Journal Opinion Editorial Board 

Apr 19, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

                               
With recent letters to congressional leaders, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), and the Association of the United States Navy (AUSN) have added their voices to the chorus warning of the catastrophic impacts of sequestration to our men and women in uniform and pressing for a legislative solution. 

Association of the United States Navy

Apr 18, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Apr 13, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON— Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee made the following statement on the launch of a ballistic missile by North Korea.

Mar 29, 2012 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – As a courtesy to the Department of Defense, Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today introduced the “By Request” version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. 

The bill, numbered H.R. 4310, includes many of the legislative proposals offered by the Department of Defense for consideration by Congress. 

Mar 28, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

By ARTHUR C. BROOKS, EDWIN J. FEULNER AND WILLIAM KRISTOL

In an election year, it's all too easy for politicians to defer hard choices until after the polls have closed in November. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) has taken the more difficult road with his "Path to Prosperity" budget.

Mar 27, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

"A Path to Security"
Thomas Donnelly, Gary J. Schmitt | The Weekly Standard
March 24, 2012
                                   

Mar 21, 2012 Press Release
WASHINGTON— Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon made the following statement, after today's release of the Republican Budget Proposal. 


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