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  • Photo Release: Forbes Attends Press Conference Following Meeting with Secretary Gates on Proposed Closure of JFCOM
    Nov 23, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) today participated in a press conference following a meeting with the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on the proposed closure of the U.S. Joint Forces Command. The press conference was attended by the Governor and me... More
  • TOMORROW: Congressman Forbes, Governor McDonnell & Members of Virginia Congressional Delegation to Hold Press Conference to Discuss Proposed Closure of JFCOM
    Nov 22, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) will join Governor McDonnell and members of the Virginia Congressional delegation at a press conference immediately following a meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to discuss the proposed closing of the U.S.... More
  • Forbes Applauds McKeon’s Leadership Plans on Transparency, JFCOM for Armed Services Committee
    Nov 17, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) today applauded Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, the presumed Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), for his leadership plans to provide oversight in the 112th Congress on the Administration’s lack of transpare... More
  • Forbes: “The lack of information the DoD has provided is insulting to Congress”
    Oct 27, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) released the following statement after information provided to the Virginia delegation by the Department of Defense on the U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) decision failed to answer several critical questions posed by... More
  • An Update on Joint Forces Command
    Oct 15, 2010  - Over the past couple of years, I have spoken out against the growing trend of secrecy at the Department of Defense that has resulted in blatant disregard for providing information to Congress - the very body tasked with oversight to raise and support our national defense. Throughout the course of th... More
  • DoD Fails to Provide Non-Disclosure Agreements to Congress as Promised
    Oct 8, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) today called on the Department of Defense to honor its agreement to provide to Congress a copy of the non-disclosure agreement that individuals at the U.S. Joint Forces Command are being required to sign. Under testimo... More
  • South Carolina, Texas Congressmen Send Letters to Gates, Concerned With Lack of Analysis on JFCOM Decision
    Oct 4, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that two of his colleagues, Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-TX), have sent letters to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates expressing their concerns over the lack of analysi... More
  • 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
  • GOP Armed Services Members Unanimous: Subpoena Gates
    Sep 30, 2010  - On the heels of a tense, pointed and heated hearing on the Department of Defense’s proposed, and wholly unsubstantiated installation closures and budget cuts, 37 Members of Congress – Republicans and Democrats – have made the unprecedented but necessary move of asking the House Armed Services Commit... More
  • Members From Around the Nation Express Frustration, Concern Over Pentagon Secrecy
    Sep 30, 2010  - Members of the House Armed Services Committee yesterday pressed the Department of Defense on its repeated refusal to provide information to Congress, including its failure to provide analysis and documents related to the decision to close the U.S. Joint Forces Command. The following comments by Memb... More

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