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Mar 19, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON- Staff of the House Armed Services Committee will participate in a background briefing on the forthcoming legislation on acquisition reform. The briefing will take place ahead of Chairman Thornberry’s speech on the topic at CSIS on Monday, March 23rd.
Mar 18, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today selected General Carter Ham (ret.) to serve on the National Commission on the Future of the U.S. Army.
Mar 18, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring (7) hearings the week of March 23-27, 2015.
Mar 18, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON - Rep. Randy J. Forbes (R-VA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Seapower & Projection Forces made the following opening statement for today's hearing entitled "Naval Cooperative Strategy."
Mar 18, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON - Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities made the following opening statement for today's hearing entitled "Special Operations Forces in an Uncertain Threat Environment: A Review of the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request for U.S. Special Operations Command".
Mar 18, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON--Tomorrow the House Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled, "The Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Military Departments". Witnesses can be found on the committee website. It is a committee first to have the Service Secretaries and Chiefs testify together in this manner.
Mar 18, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON - Rep. Michael Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces made the following opening statement for today's hearing entitled "Assuring Assured Access to Space".
Mar 13, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will host a press gaggle Monday, open to credentialed media...
Mar 12, 2015
Press Release
WASHINGTON - Today, the House Armed Services Committee confirmed two witnesses for Tuesday's hearing "Assuring Assured Access to Space" in the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. Please see the two witnesses listed in red...
Mar 12, 2015
Defense Drumbeat
Contrary to Gregg Easterbrook, the Navy has entered a genuine crisis caused by years of dangerous underinvestment and the folly of sequestration. After peaking at nearly 568 ships in 1987, the fleet now numbers 275 ships...