...the Army is "not giving out as many waivers," Sully said.According to a memo provided to the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee in April, 57 percent of parents, teachers and counselors generally don't recommend military service...
...hurt unit cohesion.But as news of Panetta's expected order got out, members of Congress, including the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., announced their support."It reflects the reality of 21st century...
...the reductions could harm a tenuous economic recovery. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that partisan bickering between Democrats and Republicans could keep a compromise from emerging before...
...seemed to hit a crescendo in 2006, with Gen. John Abizaid, the head of U.S. Central Command, telling the Senate Armed Services Committee on Aug. 3 that "sectarian violence is probably as bad as I've seen it, in Baghdad in particular, and...
...Richmond County."He said his first move was to call Sen. Richard Russell, the powerful Georgian who led the Senate Armed Services Committee. He found out the old politician had already signed off on the Fort Monmouth shift."I decided I wanted...
...We may not be in a recession. I don't know what that term means." His campaign also has pointed to a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting Mr. Chambliss missed in the run-up to the Iraq war because he was in Florida at a fundraiser...
...questioning Gen. David Petraeus about his assessment of progress in Iraq. Mrs. Clinton, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was one of several Democrats and some Republicans who expressed skepticism with the top military general's...
...hard it would be." The fundamental idea behind Iraq is still correct," said Mr. Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. "If we back out of this fight ... your children and grandchildren will never know peace," Mr. Graham...
...dollars to its pending fiscal 2007 budget. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., announced that the Senate Armed Services Committee passed an amendment to replace $150 million to the site's MOX plutonium conversion plant, and add $80...
...Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that they want to end "don't ask, don't tell.""I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we...
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