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Senate Committee Vote on Hagel Delayed

4:55 PM, Feb 6, 2013 • By MICHAEL WARREN

Carl Levin, the Michigan Democrat and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, tells Politico reporter Manu Raju that the committee will not vote on the nomination of Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense on Thursday, as planned:

The committee held a day-long confirmation hearing last week in which Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska, struggled to answer questions about his positions and statements.

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A Really Inconvenient Truth

Yes, China is a threat.

Apr 11, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 29 • By JOSEPH A. BOSCO

Did James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, utter an inconvenient truth last month when he told the Senate Armed Services Committee that China presents the greatest “mortal threat” to the United States?

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How Has Obama Altered America's Approach To Gitmo Transfers?

How Has Obama Altered America's Approach To Gitmo Transfers?

The senators on the Armed Services Committee would be well-served to ask the Obama administration all of these questions – and more.

4:43 PM, Mar 2, 2010 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN

On Wednesday, March 3, the Senate Armed Services Committee will be holding a closed hearing to “receive a briefing on policies, procedures, and practices relating to the transfer of detainees held at the Guantanamo Detention Facility.” The hearing presents an opportunity for senators to ask tough, but fair, questions about the Obama administration’s detainee transfer policies. 

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