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Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will deliver remarks on Russia to The Atlantic Council on Tuesday. This is an open media event. WHO: Rep. Mac Thornberry WHEN: Tuesday, June 23, 9:00 AM WHERE: The Atlantic Council, 1030 15th St., NW, 12th Floor, Washington, D.C. Attending Media should RSVP here. Read More »

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring (5) hearings the week of June 22-26, 2015. Wednesday June 24, 2015 "The Counterterrorism Strategy Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL): Are We on the Right Path?" Subcommittee on Emerging Threats & Capabilities (2:00 PM - 2118 RHOB - Open) Washington, D.C. Witnesses: Ms. Linda... Read More »

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on the Senate's passage of the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act: "At a particularly perilous time in our history, it is encouraging that both the House and the Senate have passed an NDAA that contains important reforms with strong, bipartisan majorities. It is critical for ou... Read More »

Today, Chairman Randy Forbes (R-VA), of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower & Projection Forces, made the following statement about the Subcommittee's hearing titled "Capacity of the U.S. Navy to Project Power with Large Surface Combatants:" "Earlier this year, our committee met with an outside panel of witnesses to discuss the role of surface forces in presence, deterrence and warfi... Read More »

Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX), of the House Armed Services Committee, previewed tomorrow's full committee hearing titled "U.S. Policy and Strategy in the Middle East." "The Committee meets tomorrow to hear from the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 'U.S. Policy and Strategy in the Middle East.' We should acknowledge at the outset that this region is not subject... Read More »

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will host a press gaggle Tuesday open to credentialed media. WHO: Rep. Mac Thornberry WHEN: Tuesday, June 16, 1:00 PM WHERE: Rayburn 2216 Attending Media should RSVP to claude.chafin@mail.house.gov Read More »

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring (2) hearings the week of June 15-19, 2015. Wednesday June 17, 2015 “U.S. Policy and Strategy in the Middle East” Full Committee (10:00 AM - 2118 RHOB - Open) Washington, D.C. Witnesses: The Honorable Ashton B. Carter Secretary of Defense General Martin E. Dempsey, USA Chairman, Joint Chiefs of S... Read More »

Today, Chairman Joe Heck (R-NV), of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Military Personnel, made the following statement on the Subcommittee's hearing titled, "Department of Defense Views on Recommendations from the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission on Military Health Care Reform." "As we studied the Commission’s recommendations over the past 5 months, we... Read More »

Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX), of the House Armed Services Committee, appeared on Fox News this morning to talk about the additional troops being sent to Iraq, lack of strategy to deal with ISIL, and President Obama’s threat to veto the annual defense bill. Thornberry on lack of coherent anti-ISIL strategy: "[The President’s] not willing to take the action to start to deal with this problem…Exact... Read More »

Today, Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Jim Langevin (D-RI), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, hosted a roundtable with members of the House Armed Services Committee. The session was an opportunity to receive an update on the inadvertent transfer of live anthrax samples by the Department of Defense. Following the briefing, the Congressmen sa... Read More »

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring (3) hearings the week of June 15-19, 2015. Wednesday June 17, 2015 “U.S. Policy and Strategy in the Middle East” Full Committee (10:00 AM - 2118 RHOB - Open) Washington, D.C. Witnesses: The Honorable Ashton B. Carter Secretary of Defense General Martin E. Dempsey, USA Chairman, Joint Chiefs of S... Read More »

Congressman Mac Thornberry, (R-TX) Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following comments in response to President Obama’s announcement that he has authorized the Pentagon to send up to 450 additional troops to Iraq to train, advise, and assist Iraqi Security Forces in their fight against ISIL: "The need for additional U.S. forces to help our Iraqi allies defeat ISIL has been ... Read More »

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, along with Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Rep. James Langevin (D-RI), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Emerging Threats & Capabilities Subcommittee respectively, will host a brief on camera availability before the Update on the Inadvertent Transfer of Live Anthrax Samples Briefing this afternoon. WHO: Rep. Mac Thornberry, Re... Read More »

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will host a press gaggle Tuesday open to credentialed media. WHO: Rep. Mac Thornberry WHEN: Tuesday, June 9, 1:00 PM WHERE: Rayburn 2216 Attending Media should RSVP to claude.chafin@mail.house.gov Read More »

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring (1) hearing the week of June 8-12, 2015. Thursday, June 11, 2015 The Department of Defense Views on the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission’s Recommendations for Military Health Care Reform Subcommittee on Military Personnel (2:00 PM - 2212 RHOB - Open) Washington, D.C.... Read More »