Sep 23, 2014
Press Release
Washington, D.C. - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) made the following statement about the new White House landmine announcement:
“It’s disappointing to see that, once again, the White House has overruled the advice of our military commanders. General Dempsey testified just a few months ago: ‘I have rendered my military advice that I consider land mines, especially the ones that we have….to be an important tool in the arsenal of the Armed Forces of the United States.’
"With the security situation around the world deteriorating, the last thing we should be doing is a unilateral jettisoning of sound defensive options. We’re all in this together, and we all share the risk when the best advice of our best military experts is ignored."
“It’s disappointing to see that, once again, the White House has overruled the advice of our military commanders. General Dempsey testified just a few months ago: ‘I have rendered my military advice that I consider land mines, especially the ones that we have….to be an important tool in the arsenal of the Armed Forces of the United States.’
"With the security situation around the world deteriorating, the last thing we should be doing is a unilateral jettisoning of sound defensive options. We’re all in this together, and we all share the risk when the best advice of our best military experts is ignored."