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Jul 18, 2012 Defense Drumbeat
Jul 17, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

Washington – Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton (D-AZ) urged Congress and the President to come together to head off the pending defense cuts under sequestration. Republicans in the House and Senate are the only members in each chamber putting forward legislation to solve the damaging cuts from sequestration. Key Excerpts from Mayor Stanton’s appearance on Fox are below:


Jul 17, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

As the House prepares to debate and vote on H.R. 5872 , the Sequestration Transparency Act on Wednesday, I would like to direct your attention to the House Armed Services Committee Sequestration Resource Kit.

Jul 16, 2012 Press Release
Washington – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) and House Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Chairman Michael Turner (R-OH) sent a letter Friday to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta expressing concern over the Obama Administration’s plans to continue a sharp decline in the attention and resources invested in U.S. national missile defenses.  

According to the Letter: 
Jul 13, 2012 Press Release

WASHINGTON- Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today commented on the Defense Department's decision to transfer an admitted terrorist from Guantanamo bay to a country designated as a state sponsor of terrorism:

Jul 13, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

Fox News’ Wendell Goler on Lack of White House Planning for Sequestration
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Special Report With Bret Baier 07/11/2012

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Jul 12, 2012 Defense Drumbeat


Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Full Committee
(10:00am – 2118 Rayburn – Open)

Full Committee
(10:10am – immediately after prior hearing– 2118 Rayburn – Open)

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
(3:00pm – 2118 Rayburn – Open)

Thursday, July 19, 2012
Full Committee
(10:00am – 2118 Rayburn – Closed – Members only)

Friday, July 20, 2012

Jul 11, 2012 Defense Drumbeat

Washington – Today, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon and other members of the committee hosted a press conference to discuss a new Department of Defense (DOD) policy limiting the size of its reports to Congress.

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: 

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