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Obama, Democrats play chicken with military budget

...budget director, Jeffrey Zients, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee, Republicans will continue to press the president to...represents California's 25th District, is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2012-07-31/obama-democrats-play-chicken-mili
Opinion
Countrywide, government leaders scam costs taxpayers trillions

...R-Utah, then a member of the Banking Committee. Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., former chairman of the Oversight Committee, left out documents related...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2012-07-06/countrywide-government-leaders-sc
Opinion
Defense on the rocks

...members have used some of their idle time to catch up with the testimony of the nation's military chiefs at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday. The chiefs were asked to assess what would be the consequences if $600 billion in across-the-board...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/other-opinion/2011-11-09/defense-rocks
Other Opinion
Army wants old guns back from cemetery rifle squad

...hope to stick to their old guns. U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., a retired Marine who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, wrote to Army Secretary John McHugh last Friday asking the service to reconsider. On Wednesday, he said...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-12-22/army-wants-old-guns-back-cemetery-ri
News
Obama gets it from all sides

...into an intractable mess." Similar arguments sounded on both sides of the Capitol. At a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. James Langevin, D-R.I., protested to Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen: "I really remain...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2011-06-24/obama-gets-it-all-side
Columnists
Bachmann sees bin Laden photos: 'We got our man'

...Minnesota Rep. John Kline passed on the chance to see the photos of the bin Laden operation as a member of the House Armed Service Committee. The Republican said he had absolute confidence that the mission conducted by U.S. special forces was successful...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-05-12/bachmann-sees-bin-laden-photos-we-go
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Bush military overhaul shapes up as a protracted effort

...2003. "It's not going to be a big bang," Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., ranking minority member of the House Armed Services Committee, said Wednesday after a two-hour closed briefing from Rumsfeld. Agreed Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/052401/gov_0524010013.shtml
News
Bush seeking $18.4 billion more in defense budget

...We've got a lot of catching up to do," said Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, who said the proposal sounded like a good one. Many Democrats have complained that combined with the recent...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/062301/nne_0623010023.shtml
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Rumsfeld wants to close more military bases

...reduced unneeded facilities, we could focus the funds on facilities we actually need," Rumsfeld told the House Armed Services Committee. Rep. Joel Hefley, R-Colo., said the process used to determine which bases should be closed during...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/062801/gov_0628010007.shtml
News
Safety on American stateside bases getting closer look

...domestic bases is attacked, and then face the issue," said Rep. Jim Turner, D-Texas, a member of the House Armed Services Committee. "Numerous potential vulnerabilities" at U.S. bases have been found in a General Accounting Office study...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/070201/nne_0702010005.shtml
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