Members of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee testified on their report findings, which focused on issues of sexual assault, violent crimes, and command culture at Fort Hood, Texas. …
1,324 viewsRepresentative Mac Thornberry (R-TX), ranking member of the House Armed Services, talked about U.S. military strength in a discussion with the Heritage Foundation. Representative Thornberry …
130 viewsDefense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley testifed before the House Armed Services Committee on Defense Department authorities related to civilian law enf…
4,193 viewsDefense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Mark Milley appeared before the House Armed Services Committee to talk about President Trump’s fiscal year 2021 budget re…
2,630 viewsThe House Armed Services Committee heard testimony from Defense Department officials about active duty troop deployment and military support along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Pentagon repres…
2,981 viewsGeneral Thomas Waldhauser, the U.S. Africa commander, testified at a hearing on military operations in the region. He talked about working with regional partners to counter violent extremist…
3,305 viewsHouse Armed Services Committee Chair Mac Thornberry (R-TX) talked about military readiness and national security issues. Topics included acquisition reforms such as online buying, agility, b…
502 viewsSurvivors of sexual assault and harassment in military academies testified before the House Armed Service Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Former and current attendees of the U.S. Militar…
2,353 viewsThe Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps chiefs testified before the House Armed Services Committee about their budgets and the impact of repeated short-term funding through congressional …
1,816 viewsArmy, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps officials testified at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the current readiness state of their respective branches of the U.S. military. They…
12,024 viewsHouse Armed Services Committee Chair Mac Thornberry (R-TX) talked about military readiness and the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017. He also discussed efforts to impro…
248 viewsHouse Armed Services Committee Chair Mac Thornberry (R-TX) outlined his agenda for 2016 at a National Press Club luncheon. In his speech he said the world is more dangerous than in 2009 and …
3,836 viewsHouse Armed Service Committee Chair Mac Thornberry (R-TX) talked about U.S. strategy against ISIL*, defense acquisition, the role of women in the military, and the future of the detention fa…
824 viewsDefense Secretary Ashton Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Martin Dempsey testified on combating ISIS* and U.S. strategy in the Middle East. Secretary Carter told the committee …
2,698 viewsHouse Armed Services Committee Chair Mac Thornberry (R-TX) delivered the weekly Republican address on the Memorial Day weekend. He honored those who had given their lives while stressing the…
54 viewsRepresentatives Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Rick Larsen (D-WA), both members of the House Armed Services Committee, talked about the future of U.S. strategic defense policy issues, including m…
1,012 viewsParticipants talked about a recent report and assessment of special operations forces, focusing on organizational and operational changes since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. T…
450 viewsRepresentative Mac Thornberry (R-TX) talked about Defense Department issues. Topics included the previous week’s Defense Department report on sexual assaults in the military, defense spendin…
192 viewsThe Joint Chiefs of Staff representing the four major military services appeared before the House Armed Services Committee to speak against additional defense cuts or sequestration. They sai…
372 viewsRepresentative Pete Hoekstra and others spoke to reporters and answered questions about the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas. They called for an immediate Congressional investigation into circu…
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