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The House came back in to consider a motion to send authorization for intelligence programs to House and Senate negotiators to work out a compromise.

Former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) gave his farewell speech in the House.

Former Secretaries Armitage and Nye co-chaired the Center for Strategic and International Studies Commission on Smart Power. They testified about the commission’s report, including long-term…

The House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the Government Accountability Office’s report on the performance record of the Iraqi government. David Walker testified about operations …

Witnesses testified about findings in the latest National Intelligence Estimate on the threat posed by various al-Qaida groups. Among the issues addressed were the degree of cooperation and …

Defense Department officials testified about the treatment of prisoners held in Iraqi prisons by U.S. forces and pictures of abuse at the prisons in recent media reports. They talked about t…

House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Thornberry talked about today’s debate on the $124.2 billion war funding supplemental legislation. He opposes the conference report bill which incl…

For the second day, the House debated a non-binding Iraq War resolution saying that Congress would continue to support U.S. armed forces in Iraq, but it disapproves President George W. Bush’…

The House of Representatives debated the use of military force with Iraq. Note: there is recording problems due to solar flares at around 16:50 hours.

Secretary Gates, General Pace, and Ms. Jonas testified about the proposed fiscal year 2008 budget for the Defense Department. The talked about readiness, operations, and weapons programs, as…

Witnesses testified about special forces operations and future needs in the areas of personnel, equipment and readiness. They also testified about the nature of unconventional terrorist thre…

Witnesses testified about national security threats, intelligence operations, and emerging areas of concern to U.S. foreign policy officials. Among the topics the addressed were U.S. counter…

Members of the House Armed Services Committee talked about their agenda for Iraq in the 110th Congress. Topics included Afghanistan, global terrorism, al Qaida, methods of warfare, and recon…