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McKeon Introduces Resolution of Inquiry to Force Department of Defense to Share Information Related to 9/11 Co-Conspirators
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Washington, D.C.—House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) today introduced a Resolution of Inquiry to force the Department of Defense to share with the United States House of Representatives any information that refers or relates to the trial or detention of the terrorists responsible for the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The Obama Administration on November 13 announced that the “9/11 co-conspirators” would be brought to New York City and tried in civilian court instead of a war tribunal.
Republican Ranking Members Demand Answers to Guantanamo Questions from Obama Administration
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Washington, DC---U.S. House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) today joined with the senior Republicans of the Judiciary, Intelligence and Homeland Security Committees, and Appropriations Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank Wolf (R-Va.), to demand answers to questions posed over the past ten months about the Administration’s ill-advised decision to close Guantanamo Bay. In a letter to President Obama, the Ranking Members outlined the national security concerns posed by the decision and insisted that the Administration provide responses to the American people before any terrorists are imported to the U.S. for detention or prosecution.
McKeon Opening Statement for Hearing on Resourcing America’s National Defense Strategy
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Washington, D.C---The U.S. House Armed Services Committee today turned its attention to studying the nation’s long-term budget trends and resourcing our national defense strategy. Ranking Member Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) today released the following opening statement for the hearing:
Wittman Opening Statement for Hearing on Afghanistan and Iraq: Perspectives on U.S. Strategy
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today released the following prepared remarks for the subcommittee’s third hearing in a series to gather insights and perspectives on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq:
McKeon Criticizes President’s Decision to Move 9/11 Mastermind to New York City for Trial
Friday, November 13, 2009
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, the senior Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, today criticized President Obama’s decision to bring the self-confessed mastermind of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States to New York City for trial in civilian court. McKeon also stressed that the President’s decision will undermine the validity of the newly revived military commissions process which was designed to try terrorists captured in the ongoing war on terrorism.
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