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Hunter Statement on the Selection of John McHugh as the House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Washington D.C. – U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), senior Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, today eleased the following statement on the selection of Rep. John McHugh (R-NY) as the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee:
Armed Services Committee Republicans Highlight Successful Ground-Based Missile Defense Test
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Washington D.C. – Republican members on the House Armed Services Committee today hailed last week’s successful intercept test of the ground-based midcourse defense system as a step forward in the United States’ ability to defend the country against limited long-range ballistic missile attacks. The test, involving a ground-based interceptor launched from the Ronald W. Reagan Missile Defense Site at Vandenburg Air Force Base in California, illustrated that elements of the United States Ballistic Missile Defense System are able to provide a defense against the type of long-range ballistic missile that could be used to attack the United States or its allies.
Armed Services Committee Republicans Highlight Democrat Plan to Cut Defense Spending by Twenty-Five Percent
Monday, October 27, 2008
Washington D.C. – Republican members on the House Armed Services Committee today called attention to Democrat plans to cut national defense spending by twenty-five percent—or approximately $150 billion from the $607 billion in defense spending that was enacted in Fiscal Year 2008. While meeting with the South Coast Standard-Times, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, called “for a 25 percent cut in military spending” and stated that “we don’t need all these fancy new weapons.”
Armed Services Committee Republicans Comment on Air Force Decision to Take Disciplinary Action against Air Force Officers Connected to Nuclear Deficiencies
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Washington D.C. – The senior Republican on the House Armed Services Committee and the top Republicans on the four subcommittee’s of jurisdiction today commented on the U.S. Air Force’s announcement that administrative action will be taken against six general officers and nine colonels in connection with the mistaken shipment of four Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) nose-cone fuse assemblies to Taiwan. Today’s action by the Air Force leadership is a result of a comprehensive review conducted by Admiral Kirkland Donald and his subsequent May report to the Secretary of Defense.
Opening Statement of Congressman Todd Akin
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), the ranking Republican on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, released the following opening statement for the subcommittee’s hearing regarding Department of Defense (DOD) language and cultural awareness transformation initiatives:
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