Intelligence Services Reorganization Markup
Committee members marked up proposed legislation that would improve intelligence gathering and dissemination, reorganize some intelligence functions under a new director of national intellig…
117 viewsCommittee members marked up proposed legislation that would improve intelligence gathering and dissemination, reorganize some intelligence functions under a new director of national intellig…
117 viewsOn the first day of the Republican National Convention from New York’s Madison Square Garden party leaders and others talked about the Republican Party agenda, the Bush administration record…
1,841 viewsWitnesses testified about the September 11 Commission’s recommendations on intelligence reform, with particular emphasis on the proposed changes to the Department of Defense. They discussed …
244 viewsWitnesses testified about the final report and recommendations of the September 11 Commission hearings on terrorist attacks and intelligence failures surrounding the attacks. Among the topic…
207 viewsMilitary officials testified about military tactics and strategies to detect and pursue terrorist organizations and cells in various countries harboring and sponsoring terrorists. Among the …
141 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 to…
200 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 t…
486 viewsSecretary Abraham testified about funding requests for the Energy Department. He also talked about gasoline prices, energy consumption issues, alternative energy sources, and the energy dist…
117 viewsTelevision and radio executives testified about proposed legislation to strengthen the FCC enforcement of broadcast indecency laws for television and radio. Proposed legislation would signif…
363 viewsWitnesses testified about decency standards in broadcast television and radio. The testimony focused on the halftime show at Superbowl XXXVIII at which performer Janet Jackson revealed her b…
730 viewsRepresentative Heather Wilson (R-New Mexico) talked about the size of the U.S. military and the number of troops devoted to the U.S. campaign in Iraq. She focused on troop rotation and deplo…
34 viewsMilitary officials testified about troop rotation in Iraq. Among the topics they addressed were training for theater operations, tour lengths, joint force operations, and logistics. General …
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