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Washington - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon spoke at the National Press Club today on the war in Afghanistan. A noteworthy excerpt from Chairman McKeon's speech is below, which compares (Image) the wealth of information found on WhiteHouse.Gov/Iraq praising the end of the war in Iraq, versus the void on Afghanistan found at WhiteHouse.Gov/Afghanistan.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon released the following fact sheet on the progress being made in Afghanistan. America’s warfighters have made tremendous sacrifices to protect vital U.S. national security interests. These sacrifices demand national leadership to see their mission through and finish the fight. A PDF version of the Fact Sheet can be found below:
Stand With Our Ally in Tokyo
For seven decades the US-Japan alliance has been the cornerstone of peace in Asia. Never has it been as vital as today.
The Diplomat
By Rep. J. Randy Forbes
Washington- Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee sent a letter to each military service, combatant command (COCOM), and the National Guard Bureau (NGB) on Friday, asking for a list of military requirements that are not funded in the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 budget request.
Washington, D.C.- House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon made the following statement about the Karzai government's planned release of enemy combatants in Afghanistan:
WASHINGTON – Since the Obama Administration has failed to effectively address Russia’s INF Treaty violations, “further nuclear accords will be meaningless, even dangerous, if the U.S. doesn't enforce compliance,” according to Keith Payne and Mark Schneider in a Wall Street Journal opinion editorial today.
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