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The committee heard testimony from Department of Defense officials on the administration’s new policy concerning homosexuals in the U.S. military. The previous day, President Clinton announc…

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…

The Navy’s chief uniformed officer, Admiral Kelso, announced his retirement. His retirement begins April 30, 1994 and is two months earlier than scheduled. He said that the primary reason fo…

Admiral Paul Miller spoke about the change in U.S. naval policy as a consequence of the collapse of the Soviet Union. He stated that the U.S. Military must adapt to the changing conditions t…

Admiral Kelso spoke on interdependent security and military strategy. He said that the dynamics of the world are changing and that although the U.S. does not have all the answers, the differ…

The commission heard testimony from Defense Secretary Les Aspin, General Colin Powell and other members of the Joint Chiefs on the list of military bases slated for closure by the Department…

The briefers spoke about the second of two reports released that day by the Inspector General and of the Department of Defense concerning the events of September, 1991, Tailhook convention i…

The commission heard testimony from officers in the U.S. military on the recently released list of U.S. military bases slated to be closed or cut back by the Department of Defense. The closi…

The committee heard testimony from the chiefs of each armed service on what their department was doing to eliminate sexual harassment and discrimination. The witnesses were also given the ch…

Admiral Frank Kelso spoke to reporters about the Navy’s 2-year investigation of an explosion onboard the U.S.S. Iowa. He explained that initial interpretations and opinions of investigators …

The committee met in connection with a series of hearings held earlier in the year on the implications of the dramatic changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe for national security po…