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Jul 10, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) today released the following statement regarding an amendment, to be voted on tomorrow, offered by Representative Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, to H.R. 4310, the House version of the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act: 

Jul 10, 2012 Defense Drumbeat
Fox Spotlights Defense Cuts and Damaging Effects of Sequestration  


Jun 29, 2012 Press Release

Washington – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon and House Armed Services Committee Republicans sent a letter Friday to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid calling on him to  bring a plan to the Senate floor immediately to resolve sequestration.
According to the Letter:

Jun 27, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON- The House Armed Services Committee has issued a formal request for acting White House Budget Director Jeffrey Zeints to testify on the mechanics and impact of automatic Defense cuts known as “sequestration.” Read the letter of invitation here.

Jun 26, 2012 Defense Drumbeat
In a column in today's POLITICO, Armed Services Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) lays out the dramatic consequences of the automatic defense cuts known as "sequestration" and urges Senate Democrats and the White House to follow House Republican's lead in putting forward actual solutions to the pending crisis:

Jun 22, 2012 Press Release
WASHINGTON- Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon today gave an opening statement on the House floor for general debate on H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013:
Jun 22, 2012 Press Release

Full Committee Markup
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
10:00am – 2118 Rayburn – Open, May Close

The committee will meet to mark up the following:
H.R.  4310 – To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes.

Jun 22, 2012 Press Release
Subcommittee Markup Schedule for FY 2013 NDAA


Thursday, April 26, 2012

Subcommittee on Military Personnel
(10:30 am – 2212 Rayburn – Open)

Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
(12:00 noon– 2118 Rayburn – Open)

Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
(1:30 pm – 2212 Rayburn – Open)
Jun 22, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on the President's decision to increase funding for Israeli missile defense.

Jun 22, 2012 Press Release
WASHINGTON - Today the House Armed Services Committee Republicans released a report finding that both the Bush and Obama Administrations assumed a questionable level of risk in the release of detainees from Guantanamo Bay. The report found at least 27% of detainees released by the US military have been confirmed or suspected of reengaging in terrorist or insurgent activities, up from 25% in 2010. Some former detainees hold leadership positions with the Taliban or Al Qaeda. 

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