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General Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry testified about plans to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan and subsequent goals to begin reducing troop levels be…

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen answered questions about the Obama administration plan to raise tro…

Obama administration officials testified about the president’s plan to raise troop levels in Afghanistan as part of a revised strategy to disengage forces beginning in July 2011. Among the i…

The Senate worked on a $65 billion spending bill for the Commerce, Science, and Justice Departments.

Senator Jim Webb talked about his views on the war in Afghanistan, including what approach the Obama Administration should take, General Stanley McChrystal’s request for an additional 40,000…

Witnesses testified on on President Obama’s decision to withdraw plans for a missile defense in Eastern Europe. Among the issues they addressed were strategic and technological factors in th…

Admiral Michael G. Mullen testified about his nomination to be reappointed to the grade of admiral and reappointed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In his testimony he said that whi…

Witnesses testified about military and civilian operations in Afghanistan and possible strategies to brieng greater stability to the country. Among the topics they addressed were military pe…

The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan heard from inspectors general about problems with wartime contracting. Senators Collins, McCaskill, and Webb made opening statem…

The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the nominations of John M. McHugh to be Secretary of the Army, Joseph W. Westphal to be Undersecretary of the Army, and Juan M. Garcia I…

President Obama delivered remarks at a ceremony celebrating the Post-9/11 GI Bill. The previous year, President Bush signed into law a bill granting educational benefits to the members of th…

Ambassadorial nominees testified about their qualifications to represent the U.S. in China, Japan, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic …