House Committee On Armed Services

Latest Stories

Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California Republican and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has included in the defense budget an order for the Army to consider ready-made systems for processing battlefield data. (Associated Press)

Howard ‘Buck’ McKeon, Armed Services chairman, to retire

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

An officer who said he was with the Department of Defense (right) and Navy personnel stand guard inside the gate of the closed Washington Navy Yard on Tuesday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Navy Yard shootings expose a flawed security clearance system

By Rowan Scarborough and Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A Libyan man investigates the inside of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 13, 2012, after an attack two days earlier that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. (Associated Press)

Congress will hear from Africa special forces commander on Benghazi attack

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** USS Harry S. Truman. (U.S. Navy)

Pentagon aims ax to make a point with sequester cuts, uses worst-case scenarios to force deal

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Affleck calls for stronger US leadership in Congo

By HENRY C. JACKSON - Associated Press

**FILE** Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat (Associated Press)

Detention bill cleared, but language no clearer

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House committee backs East Coast missile-defense site

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrives April 19, 2012, on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Armed Services Committee about recent developments with the crisis in Syria. (Associated Press)

No plan for U.S. military intervention in Syria, officials say

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrives April 19, 2012, on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Armed Services Committee about recent developments with the crisis in Syria. (Associated Press)

Pentagon: We’ll be ready if needed for Syria

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

**FILE** Rep. Justin Amash, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

GOP weighs changes to indefinite detention law

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Marine Gen. John R. Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, before the House Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top commander in Afghanistan says mission on track

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

U.S. commanders: No plan to cede Afghan war to CIA

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Smith hits GOP plan to curb defense budget cuts

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Afghan policemen walk ahead of the U.S. soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during a foot patrol in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, in this Jan. 7, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan, File)

Attacks by Afghans on U.S. troops often personal

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

House Republicans hope to ease automatic defense spending cuts

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Chief of Staff of the Army,right, and Gen. David M. Rodriguez wait to be introduced during Forces Command Assumption of command ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

Service chiefs warn $1T cut would be ‘catastrophic’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Panetta warns of retreat in Africa because of budget cuts

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Report: Budget cuts would hollow military

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California Republican (Associated Press)

Armed Services chairman: Obama is anti-military

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Protesters chant anti-U.S. slogans May 1 in front of the Gadhafi family compound in a residential area of Tripoli, Libya. (Associated Press)

Congress presses Obama on Libya decision

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times