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May 13, 2013 Defense Drumbeat

Lawmaker wants military to promptly alert Congress about drone strikes

Craig Whitlock
The Washington Post
May 8, 2013
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Excerpts below

May 9, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON- Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee today made the following comments about continued disturbing revelations regarding sexual assault within the military: 

May 8, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON- Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today released a letter from The Honorable Elizabeth King, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs. The letter (below) responds to Chairman McKeon's April 17th request to Secretary Hagel, that the Department of Defense provide a classified timeline of the events that transpired on September 11-12, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya.

May 7, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON—House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) today announced his nomination of Holly O’Grady Cook to the independent panel established by the FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 tasked with reviewing and assessing the military’s investigation, prosecution and adjudication of sexual assault cases:

May 3, 2013 Defense Drumbeat

Keep Guantanamo open: Opposing view
Until a better solution is offered, terrorism detainees must stay there.
By Rep. Buck McKeon
USA Today 

Apr 30, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon made the following statement regarding President Obama's claim that he is prevented by the U.S. Congress from closing the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

"The President faces bipartisan opposition to closing Guantanamo Bay's detention center because he has offered no alternative plan regarding the detainees there, nor a plan for future terrorist captures.

Apr 26, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon made the following statement regarding Secretary Michael Donley's announcement that he is leaving the Air Force on June 21, 2013.

Apr 25, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon released the following markup schedule below for the Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). 

The committee will meet to mark up legislation, the FY14 NDAA, which authorizes funding for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths, and for other purposes.

Apr 25, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON - Congressman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the statement below, regarding the situation in Syria

"If the Assad regime has used chemical weapons on the Syrian people, this is an astounding violation of human rights.

Apr 25, 2013 Press Release

WASHINGTON — House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon sent the following letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel requesting the classified version of the Defense Department's Benghazi timeline.

Full text of the letter is below and a PDF version is also available:

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