Senate Party Lunches Stakeout
Senators spoke to reporters defense appropriations, missile defense and a possible commission to study intelligence rece…
Byrd voices his support for newly nominated defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, then moves on to address the Department of Defense's spending… read more
Byrd voices his support for newly nominated defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, then moves on to address the Department of Defense's spending. Byrd cites that while improvements to risky budgeting have been made, the department still could not pass an independent audit. He references the audit and news writings on the issue in direct quotes. As newly appointed chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Byrd does not support proposed increase in the Pentagon budget given the poor book keeping explained. Byrd emphasizes the amount of unaccounted for money by analogy. close
Senators spoke to reporters defense appropriations, missile defense and a possible commission to study intelligence rece…
After a meeting on National Security with members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Secretary of Defense, Donald R…
Senate Armed Services Committee members spoke to reporters about their objections to ending naval Live-fire training on …
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