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Officials from the State Department and the National Nuclear Security Administration testified at a hearing on implementation of the Iran nuclear agreement.

Current and former State Department experts on Afghanistan testified on U.S. strategy toward that country. The hearing focused on the level of U.S. troops after 2016, the role of the nation’…

Former military and Defense Department officials testified at a hearing on proposals to increase the effectiveness of military operations. The witnesses gave suggestions for modernization an…

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chair General Paul Selva testified at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. military strategy against ISIS.* Secret…

Ambassador Samantha Power and foreign policy specialists Bruce Jones and John Negroponte testified at a hearing on United Nations peacekeeping missions. Many questions focused on the relativ…

The Senate resumed debate on the conference report to the Every Child Achieves Act, which rewrites and reauthorizes the 2001 No Child Left Behind law.

The Senate convened for a legislative session.

The Senate approved two resolutions disapproving Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. One resolution deals with EPA rules limiting emiss…

Various senators took the floor to address issues related to the Paris terror attacks. These ranged from authorization for use of force, to the Syrian refugee crisis, to the coal industry.

The Senate blocked the fiscal year 2016 defense spending bill. Senators also advanced consideration H.R. 2029, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriati…

Witnesses testified at a hearing on the future of warfare. Topics included threats from Russia and China, computer hacking, and new military technology. Among the panelists were retired Army…

Thomas Shannon and Laura Holgate testified on their respective nominations for undersecretary of state for political affairs and the U.S. representative to the International Atomic Energy Ag…

Retired General John Allen and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Anne Patterson testified at a hearing U.S. strategy in the Middle East. They detailed ongoing U.S. and co…

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford testified at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. strategy in the Middle East. Senators' q…

The Senate debated S. 754, which would encourage private companies and the federal government to voluntarily share information about cyber threats and data breaches, as well as grant liabili…

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates testified on current U.S. defense policy and strategic posture overseas. He discussed several topics including, budget challenges, sequestration, Defens…

Todd Stern testified at a hearing on the Obama administration’s environmental policies and goals at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris. Other topics addressed included the Environme…

General John Campbell, commander of U.S. Forces - Afghanistan, testified on U.S. operations in Afghanistan. Topics included the Doctors Without Borders in Kundhz hospital that was hit in a U…

Senior Defense Department and military officials from the U.S. Navy testified at a hearing on the Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carrier program. The first two aircraft carriers in the program w…

The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to gather ideas for ways to address pension advances scams and hold perpetrators accountable. Pension advance programs ask retirees to si…