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Reacting to reports that President Obama is seeking possible further unilateral reductions to U.S. nuclear weapons, sharply below the number required under a 2010 arms treaty, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) and Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman Michael Turner (R-OH) made the following joint statement:
WASHINGTON— Rep. Howard P "Buck" McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the referral of charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 conspirators.House Republicans have long called for trials of the 9/11 masterminds to be held at Guantanamo Bay to keep such dangerous terrorists off American soil.
WASHINGTON- Rep. Buck McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will address America’s national security challenges in a speech today at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA. The speech will offer a critique of the defense strategic guidance President Obama introduced in January. McKeon will also preview several legislative proposals for the FY13 National Defense Authorization Act.
WASHINGTON- Rep. Buck McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will address America’s national security challenges in a speech tomorrow at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA. The speech will offer a critique of the defense strategic guidance President Obama introduced in January. McKeon will also preview several legislative proposals for the FY13 National Defense Authorization Act.
The massive job losses from sequestration will be felt across all regions of the country and will have a dramatic impact on U.S. economic output, according to a new report from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) presented at a briefing today. Some key findings from the NAM Report:
Lockheed Martin CEO Bob Stevens sat down with reporters yesterday to discuss the impact deep automatic defense cuts will have on his company and the people he employs.
As the devastating impacts of sequestration grow nearer, two stories in the New York Times and Politico over the weekend described local communities growing anxious and urging lawmakers to act quickly to resolve sequestration.
June 5, 2012
Even as our nation struggles to recover from the financial crisis, America's aerospace and defense industry embodies some of our greatest aspirations for the American economy.
It is a manufacturing industry at the cutting edge of technology and innovation. It is America's largest net exporter. It directly employs over 1 million American workers, and contributes to indirect employment of 2.5 million more.