Status of U.S. Military Forces Part 1
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…
116 viewsService 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…
116 viewsCommittee members marked up proposed legislation that would improve intelligence gathering and dissemination, reorganize some intelligence functions under a new director of national…
110 viewsWitnesses testified about preventing and responding to national medical emergencies and terrorist attacks, as well as recommendations contained in the final report of the September 11…
294 viewsWitnesses spoke to the committee about the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords. They discussed U.S. military operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and rebuilding efforts there. They addressed the…
267 viewsDefense 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…
269 viewsMr. 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…
129 viewsOfficials 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…
60 viewsWitnesses 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…
50 viewsCommittee 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…
174 viewsWitnesses testified regarding operations in Iraq and military funding. They also talked about the war on terror, operations in Afghanistan, U.S. military force levels, plans for the…
103 viewsDefense 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…
447 viewsOfficials 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…
62 viewsMilitary officials testified about programs to relief the stresses that long deployments are putting on National Guard and Reserve forces. Topics included pay, pensions, health care,…
88 viewsWitnesses testified about military operations and obligations overseas. Among the topics they addressed were missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, transferring power to Iraqi authorities and…
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