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Service chiefs testified about funding requests for military operations overseas. Among the topics they addressed were reasons for the estimated $5 billion increases in requests, providing a…

This portion begins abruptly. The program is incomplete. Service chiefs testified about funding requests for military operations overseas. Among the topics they addressed were reasons for…

Committee members marked up proposed legislation that would improve intelligence gathering and dissemination, reorganize some intelligence functions under a new director of national intellig…

Witnesses testified about the final report and recommendations of the September 11 Commission hearings on terrorist attacks and intelligence failures surrounding the attacks. Among the topic…

Commission chairmen testified about the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Among the topics they addressed were intelligence failures prior …

Participants talked about responses to national and local emergencies and major disasters. Among the topics they addressed were cooperation between agencies and the federal and local levels,…

Defense Department officials talked about military personnel needs, including troop rotations in Iraq and Afghanistan and mobilization of the Army’s Individual Ready Reserve. Rep. Hunter des…

Witnesses testified regarding the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s annual report. The bipartisan commission is responsible for analyzing and reporting on the national sec…

Mr. Wolfowitz and General Pace testified about operations in Iraq and the impending transfer of sovereignty to Iraqi authorities. Among the topics they addressed were the current security si…

Officials testified about the role of U.S. forces following the transfer of sovereignty to Iraqi authorities. Among the issues they addressed were the current security challenges, building a…

Committee members met to mark up legislation prompted by an official Army report on prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The legislation would require Defense Department officials to…

Officials testified about the planned transition of sovereignty to Iraqi authorities on June 30, 2004. Among the issues they addressed were the security situation in Iraq, the powers and com…

Officials testified regarding the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2005 budget request. Among the specific issues addressed were force size, strength, structure, and composition; plans for t…

Rep. Weldon talked about U.S.-Libya relations and his recent trip to Libya, where he met with Libyan leader Moammar Qadhafi. This was the first congressional visit to that country since Qadh…