Newsmakers with Representative Buck McKeon
House Armed Services Committee Chair Buck McKeon (R-CA) talked by remoted video from Capitol Hill about U.S. military objectives, the Veterans Administration, and the defense authorization b…
443 viewsHouse Armed Services Committee Chair Buck McKeon (R-CA) talked by remoted video from Capitol Hill about U.S. military objectives, the Veterans Administration, and the defense authorization b…
443 viewsHouse Armed Services Committee Vice Chair Mac Thornberry (R-TX) talked about sequestration budget cuts to the military and defense spending levels. Other topics included military pay and ben…
167 viewsJim Michaels, a military reporter for USA Today and former Marine, talked by telephone about the role the U.S. military was playing in relief efforts in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan.
217 viewsHouse Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) talked about an array of defense issues. Topics included U.S. response to reports of Syria’s use of chemical weapons, differen…
166 viewsSenator James Inhofe (R-OK), the new ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talked from Tulsa, Oklahoma, about key defense issues, including the confirmation hearing of forme…
606 viewsSenate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin (D-MI) talked about U.S. policy toward Iran,and heading off any Iranian further nuclear enrichment programs. He also discussed U.S. policy re…
345 viewsJim Michaels, reporting by phone from Cairo, gave an update on the unrest in Egypt.
187 viewsSteve Heydemann talked about the current situation in Egypt, the potential diplomatic fallout for the U.S. and its allies in the region, and other Middle East governments that might also be …
515 viewsJim Michaels talked about the latest news on the situation in Gaza.
88 viewsJim Michaels previewed the upcoming testimony by General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker on progress made in Iraq, the next step forward, internal conflict between Iraqi factions, and the Ir…
105 viewsSenator Jack Reed talked about U.S. policy regarding the war in Iraq, which was approaching its fifth anniversary. He recently made his eleventh trip to Iraq. After he left, the journalists …
160 viewsTheresa Whelan was interviewed about the Defense Department’s AFRICOM and the strategic importance of Africa to the U.S. and the world. AFRICOM will be a unified combat command for all of Af…
205 viewsThe panelists talked about lessons they had learned from covering past military conflicts, and how the experiences would affect their reporting in the event of another war with Iraq. They al…
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