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    Nov 19, 2010  - Recently, a colleague of mine and I were sharing stories of our weekend routines after we return home from Washington. My friend shared that his wife usually greets him, happily armed with a hug and a honey-do list carefully printed on a piece of notebook paper…fix a leak in the faucet upstairs, mow... 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Forbes: “A tapestry of silence at the Pentagon”
    Sep 29, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) today criticized the Department of Defense (DoD) for its refusal to provide information to Congress on the abrupt closure of the U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) and other defense decisions. During the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the DoD’s proposed ... More
  • Forbes Announces Press Availabilities for JFCOM Events
    Sep 28, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced the following press availabilities for upcoming events related to the Pentagon’s abrupt and closed-door decision to close the U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM). Congressman Forbes will address the Department ... 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

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