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Senate Armed Services Committee

The Committee on Armed Services is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of the nation's military, including the Department of Defense, military research and development, nuclear energy , benefits for members of the military, the Selective Service System and other matters related to defense policy. The Armed Services Committee was created as a result of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 following U.S. victory in the Second World War. Wikipedia*

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Senate Armed Services Committee has hosted 622 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1985 Senate Committee. The year with the most events was 2015 with 72 events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2011 with an average of 6,132 views per video. Most appearances with Carl Levin (8), John W. Warner (3), James M. Inhofe (2). Most common tags: Budget, Transportation, Homeland (Domestic) Security.

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