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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…

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…

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 …

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…

Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Representative Leslie Aspin spoke to reporters on the Congressional reaction to increase military troop deployment in Saudi Arabia.

The House continued consideration and debate of H.R. 4739, the Defense Authorization Bill for 1991.

The House agreed to H. Res. 464, providing for agreeing to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 4328. The House agreed to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 4328, the Trade Agencies Author…

Representative Les Aspin, D-Wisconsin and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, reacted to President George H. W. Bush’s announcement to send military forces to Saudi Arabia to pro…

Representative Les Aspin, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, announced that he would support the Dellums-Kasich proposal to cut funding for the B-2 Stealth bomber. Numerous …

Representative-elect Glen Browder was administered the oath of office. The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 2, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Minimum wage bill…

News Conference by Rep. Les Aspin D-Wisconsin, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, on Military Base Realignment and Closures.

The committee heard testimony on strategic arms reduction talks between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

The subcommittee and panel heard testimony from Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci on military installation closures. This video includes the original advertisements that aired in 1988.