Gates: Mistake to set Afghan withdrawal timelines

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it's a mistake to set a deadline to end American military action in Afghanistan, as some liberals have sought, adding that a defeat would be disastrous for the U.S.

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Summaries of House financial disclosure forms

Rep. Bart Gordon, D-Tenn., chairman, House Science Committee, granted an extension to file late.

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House panel approves pay raise for troops

The House Armed Services Committee approved a bill early Thursday that authorizes $601.4 billion in defense spending for next year, including a 3.9 percent pay raise for troops.

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Congressman calls for review of slain Marine's rape claims

A member of the House Armed Services Committee said Thursday that he wants the Department of Defense to review what he called a botched investigation of a pregnant Marine's rape allegations against a corporal now charged in her death.

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Hadley: Iran a Threat in Iraq

With al-Qaida's influence diminishing in Iraq, U.S. troops have much work to do in stemming Iranian support for militias, President Bush's national security adviser said Sunday.

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Bush Asked to Help Save San Diego Cross

The House Armed Services Committee chairman asked President Bush to help save a 29-foot cross standing on city property from being removed by a court order.

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House Vote Says Antigay Attacks Are Hate Crimes

G.O.P. IS CRITICAL OF BILL Measure Now Goes to the Senate, Where Backing Is Solid by Carl Hulse, front page, The New York Times, Friday, October 9, 2009

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N.M. Rep. Martin Heinrich talked about Afghanistan, the House Armed Services Committee, Education and other topics during a 30 minute interview.

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For the U.S. Military, it's an uncertain time. With the rise of drones, the military's top leaders are wondering just how long manned aviation will reign supreme. And as word about revolutionary change filters down the ranks, it's causing turbulence.

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The foreign policy community's favorite counterinsurgency adviser, or at least their favorite Australian one, David Kilcullen, told lawmakers last week that the drone strikes targeting Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in Pakistan are creating enemies at a far faster rate than its  …

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China is seeking technology and weapons to disrupt the traditional advantages of American forces, and secrecy surrounding its military creates the potential for miscalculation on both sides, according to a Pentagon study released Wednesday. More Articles

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When President Bush receives a bill he doesn't like, instead of issuing a veto and challenging Congress to override him as School House Rock would have you believe, he issues a private "signing statement" setting forth how he plans on interpreting the new law.

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The 2001 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) and White House guidance issued in response to the terrorist attacks against the United States in September 2001 led to the creation of new nuclear strike options against regional states seeking to acquire weapons of mass destruction, accordi …

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Four years after the invasion of Iraq, Congress still has been unable to grasp the scope of armed security contractors working in that country.

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The ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee has called for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to resign his leadership post for saying the U.S. has lost the war in Iraq. "This unfortunate statement is both inaccurate and damaging ...

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The House Armed Services Committee is banishing the global war on terror from the 2008 defense budget. This is not because the war has been won, lost or even called off, but because the committee's Democratic leadership doesn't like the phrase.

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Despite repeated requests from a House committee chairman and government investigators, the Pentagon has failed to hand over its official assessments of the readiness of US-trained Iraqi security units to take over key functions from the US military.

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Note this is from the Army Times, not a liberal blog. A new congressional report says the increase of 21,500 combat troops for Iraq proposed by the Bush administration could result in up to 50,000 troops actually being deployed to the region.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush's warnings to Iran and Syria to not interfere in Iraq and the arrest of six Iranians in Iraq by U.S. troops raised eyebrows Thursday on Capitol Hill, where senators warned Bush against widening the nearly four-year-old war.

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The US agency responsible for monitoring fraud and waste in the Iraq reconstruction effort has been "mysteriously" axed. The Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction will be shut down in 2007, thanks to an obscure clause in a military spending bill.

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