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Defense Secretary Les Aspin and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke in a news conference following a speech by President Bill Clinton on the new policy on homosexuals in the U.S. mili…

Following a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, President Clinton addressed American veterans at Arlington National Ceremony. The President expressed the nation’s grat…

Vice President Gore and Secretary Les Aspin spoke in a meeting with personnel at the Department of Defense on methods for improving the efficiency of the department. The session was one …

The House Armed Services Committee took up the 1994 Defense Budget.

The committee heard testimony from Secretary Aspin and General Powell on the Department of Defense strategy for the future of the U.S. military and the fiscal year 1994 Department of Defense…

Secretary of Defense Les Aspin introduced the FY 1994 Department of Defense budget. He talked about the impact of recent cutbacks and outlined the numbers involved in proposed defense outlay…

House considered multiple bills: S 3144: A bill to amend title ten, United States Code, to improve the health care system provided for members and former members of the armed forces and thei…

Representative Les Aspin is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He spoke about the new national security issues confronting the United States in the 1990's. He also talked about …

Representative Les Aspin (D-WI), Chairman of the House Armed Services committee, delivered an address entitled, “Failure to Follow Through: The Bush Record of Missed Opportunities and the Im…

The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2100, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construc…

Members of the House of Representatives debated H.J. Res. 308, a motion to disapprove the recommendations on military bases closings determined by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Co…

The US House of Representatives passed H.J. Res. 231, that provided that the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission shall make recommendations in 1993 and 1995 for the closure and r…

The House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 1046, that increased the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service related disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemni…

Members of the House of Representatives debated a substitute amendment to H.R. 2100, the Defense Department authorization for fiscal year 1992. The Department of Defense’s budget request for…

The House continued consideration of H.R. 2100, to authorize appropriations for the Defense Department over the next two years. The Schroeder amendment reducing American troops in Europe to …

The House read a letter from the President wherein he notified Congress of the actions taken regarding Japan’s trade in sea turtles. The House voted to pass H.R. 2127, to amend the Rehabilit…

Several members of Congress spoke to reporters in the U.S. Capitol following the announcement by the Department of Defense of specific proposed military base closures to be made as part of t…

Highlights from the debate on the House Resolution 1175, Operation Desert Storm Emergency Authorization, which provided funding for the costs associated with Operation Desert Storm, which in…

Mr. Eilts advised that following a defeat of Iraq by the U.S. military, a defensive military force should be maintained to ward off possible aggression from surrounding Middle East states. H…

Representative Aspin noted highlights of the House Armed Services Committee’s recent hearings on U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf, and gave his conclusions gathered from the nearly three week…