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President-elect Clinton announced the appointments for the National Security Team in his Cabinet in a news conference in the transition offices in Little Rock. He announced the nominations o…

House considered multiple bills: S 3144: A bill to amend title ten, United States Code, to improve the health care system provided for members and former members of the armed forces and thei…

Rep. Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Rep. Beverly Byron announced the release of a report on sexual harassment in the U.S. military. Rep. Aspin characterized …

The House Armed Services Committee Defense Policy Panel heard testimony on methods to enforce the U.N. resolutions concerning Iraq without resorting to the use of force by a military power. …

HR 3603: A bill to promote family preservation and the prevention of foster care with emphasis on families where abuse of alcohol or drugs is present, and to improve the quality and deliver…

The committee heard testimony from the chiefs of each armed service on what their department was doing to eliminate sexual harassment and discrimination. The witnesses were also given the ch…

The Investigations subcommittee heard testimony on allegations of a cover-up in the 1988 interception and downing of an Iranian airbus by the USS Vincennes. Newsweek Magazine and ABC’s Night…

The U.S. House of Representative continued debate on H.R. 5504 Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1993. Members submitted, debated, and voted on a number of amendments to the bill. Addi…

Members of the US House of Representatives were scheduled to complete work on H.R. 5006 - the Defense Department Authorization bill for the fiscal year of 1993.

The U.S. House of Representative debated HR 477: A resolution relating to noncurrent records of the former Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, 100th Congress.…

HR 5132: A bill to make dire emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance to meet urgent needs because of calamities such as those which occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago…

Several members of the House of Representatives gathered in the U.S. Capitol to participate in a news conference to announce the introduction of an amendment to the defense appropriation bil…

S. 2569: A bill to make the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; to provide joint duty credit for certain service; and to provide for the tempor…

Rep. Aspin met with reporters to discuss the findings of the House Armed Services Committee’s report on lessons learned from the Persian Gulf War. The report is the result of interviews with…

The House of Representatives met to debate a budget resolution for Fiscal Year 1993.

Representative Les Aspin is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He spoke about the new national security issues confronting the United States in the 1990's. He also talked about …