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  • The Defense Department should be ashamed of this round of BRAC cuts
    Oct 1, 2010  - Only a weekend after members of Congress returned to their districts for August recess, the fiscal blitzkrieg on our military began. In the Pentagon, a small circle of individuals took the first step in their long-planned strategy.  With one hour until the media announcement, after it was already be... More
  • Forbes: The DoD is Showing Manifest Disregard for the Planning That Affects American Security
    Sep 28, 2010  - A column by Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) was today featured in The Hill newspaper. The article discusses the questionable process the Department of Defense is using to make defense decisions, including the recent unprecedented decision to shutter the U.S. Joint Forces Command: ... More
  • TOMORROW - Forbes, Wittman, Nye, Scott to Host Roundtable Discussion on Secretary of Defense’s Decision to Close Joint Forces Command
    Aug 17, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04), Congressman Glenn Nye (VA-02), Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) will host a roundtable discussion on the Administration’s recent announcement of plans to eliminate Joint Forces Comm... More
  • An Electronic Pearl Harbor
    Aug 6, 2010  - In 2007, an unknown foreign power broke into the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Department of Commerce, and it likely also broke into the Department of Energy and NASA, although it cannot be known for sure. The foreign power stole millions of pieces of government information... More
  • Forbes Statement on Report That U.S. Cybersecurity Falls Short
    Aug 3, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) released the following statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report that said the United States approach to global cybersecurity falls short: “Serious cyberatt... More
  • America's Choice
    Jul 16, 2010  - Consider the following four events that have occurred over the past year: 1. On a single day – June 30, 2010 – our nation’s debt leapt $166 billion. On that one day, the debt increase was larger than the entire annual deficit for fiscal year 2007. To put that into perspective, that single day res... More
  • Forbes Calls for Study on Use of Modeling & Simulation
    May 19, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) today offered an amendment that was adopted by the House Armed Services Committee during markup of the annual defense policy bill to require that the Secretary of Defense conduct a study assessing the potential use of modeling and simulation to strengthen cybersec... More
  • Forbes: “In Face of Chinese Cyber Attacks, U.S. is Losing”
    Apr 19, 2010  - In response to increasing reports of critical threats and malicious attacks on U.S. cyber networks, Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he sent a letter to Chairman Ike Skelton of the House Armed Services Committee requesting a hearing to investigate the impact of cyber attacks ... More
  • Security First
    Jan 8, 2010  - Christmas Day for many Americans was peaceful. The national holiday brought families together as it regularly does, sharing laughter and gifts inside the comfort of their warm homes. But while Americans were enjoying holiday meals and opening gifts under the Christmas tree, a 23-year-old Nigerian ma... More
  • Forbes Cosponsors Bills to Compel Depts of Justice, Defense to Release Documents Related to Gitmo Trials
    Dec 8, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that he as joined with members of the House Judiciary Committee in cosponsoring a resolution of inquiry, H.Res.920, to force Attorney General Eric Holder to transmit documents relating to the Administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ... More

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