House Armed Services Committee

Thornberry and Inhofe implored the Trump administration not to go through with a $33 billion cut to the 2020 defense budget in an an op-ed.

The Pentagon released the first full-scope, agency-wide financial statement audit in its history on Friday, finding that only five defense organizations out of 18 total received a clean opinion.

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) said Friday in an interview with Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Daily that the United States needed a Space Force to meet the threats posed by China and Russia.

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. military satellites used to warn of a missile strike or to deploy nuclear weapons are vulnerable to attacks by the Chinese and Russian armed forces, which have eclipsed their American counterparts in developing some significant space warfighting capabilities, experts cautioned lawmakers.

China is seeking to enhance its military posture in the Middle East, where Beijing is pursuing deeper cooperation with state sponsor of terror Iran, the chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) cautioned lawmakers Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, DC — China’s “impressive military buildup” may soon enable the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to challenge America’s military dominance in the Indo-Pacific region “across almost all domains,” Adm. Harry Harris, the chief of U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) cautioned lawmakers on Wednesday.

Washington, DC — The U.S Army’s “competitive edge” over potential combat adversaries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea is at risk of being “out-matched” if it does not take steps to “modernize its force to build greater capacity and capabilities,” top American generals warned lawmakers.

U.S. Navy leadership deficiencies and human error are responsible for five serious “mishaps” in the Pacific last year that resulted in the loss of 20 sailors and “degraded long-term operational capabilities,” two top officials from the American military branch told lawmakers.

WASHINGTON, DC — China has developed a plan to “overtake” the United States in the race to militarize artificial intelligence, robotics, and quantum computing, an expert from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) warned lawmakers, noting that the communist nation is “rapidly closing the gap” with America.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy is going to back to basics after a series of fatal collisions in the Asia Pacific region earlier this year that left 17 sailors dead.

SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA — In the middle of a vast complex on NASA’s Moffett Airfield, right in the heart of Silicon Valley, is a nondescript two-story building where the Pentagon is working with tech companies on its latest top secret project.

American taxpayer money has been mismanaged in Afghanistan to such an extent that it is nearly impossible to determine what percentage of the nearly $117 billion that the United States has spent on reconstruction efforts can be written off as waste, fraud, and abuse, a U.S. watchdog agency indicated.

Some American taxpayer-funded weapons sent to Iraq to combat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) may have ended up in enemy hands as a result of the U.S. Army’s failure to properly track and secure the military equipment, Pentagon officials told lawmakers.

The Marine Corps, under current funding levels, is expected to face “increasingly significant challenges” to the readiness necessary to deter aggression and win America’s battles, high-ranking military officials told lawmakers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. military has not “relaxed” the rules of engagement (ROE) put in place to avoid civilian casualties in the ongoing fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), commonly known for using the home of innocent people as shelter and the inhabitants as shields, the top American commander in the region told lawmakers.

On Wednesday, Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman Gen. Paul Selva confirmed to the House Armed Services Committee that Russia has deployed a cruise missile banned under the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. government civilian and military units have warned for nearly 25 years about a damaging cyber attack dubbed the “electronic Pearl Harbor,” but while threats continue to intensify, America’s ability to deter and defend against such an assault still suffers from capability gaps, testified a top expert before a House panel.

WASHINGTON — Only three of the 58 U.S. Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) are capable of immediately joining the fight in the event of a major conflict, Gen. Daniel Allyn, vice chief of staff of the Army, told lawmakers.

WASHINGTON D.C. — The “open, free, and rules-based international” order led and created by the United States is “under unprecedented threat” from Iran, Russia, China, and Islamic extremist groups, former CIA Director and retired Gen. David Petraeus told House lawmakers during a hearing aimed at assessing the state of the world.

The Department of Defense (DOD) knew that Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, would travel to Syria before she did so this week.

Force management levels set by President Barack Obama for the ongoing wars in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan have induced the Pentagon to increasingly depend on contractors, as the number of troops it can deploy is strictly capped.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A congressional task force created by three Republican-led House panels has confirmed allegations that senior U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) leaders manipulated intelligence assessments in 2014 and 2015 to make it appear that President Barack Obama is winning the war against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).

The Clinton administration’s ambassador to Iran and the United Nations, Thomas Pickering, is under fire for failing to disclose his ties to Boeing while lobbying hard for the Iran nuclear deal. Since the deal went through, Boeing has been working on a $25 billion deal with Iran Air.

The U.S. Navy may discipline some of the American sailors briefly detained at gunpoint and forced to their knees by officers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) earlier this year, an act that has been deemed a violation of international law by some experts, reports NBC News.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The participation of Iran-allied Shiite militias in the U.S-backed operation to retake Fallujah from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is testament to the Islamic Republic’s growing and troubling influence in Iraq, Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) told Breitbart News.

The Pentagon is accelerating its program to recruit illegal immigrants and put them on a fast-track to citizenship, and the GOP leadership just blocked an amendment to stop the recruitment.

The Obama administration is keeping secret shocking details of how several U.S. sailors captured by Iran earlier this year were treated by the Islamic Republic, a member of the House Armed Services Committee told the Washington Free Beacon.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, while testifying before the House Armed Services Committee this week, admitted that the number of American boots on the ground in Iraq is higher than the Obama administration’s authorized cap of 3,870.

U.S. ground military forces face a high level of risk if America gets into a conflict against countries such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, the Army’s top general told lawmakers.

Three House panels will join forces to investigate allegations that senior U.S. Central Command officers altered intelligence assessments to make it appear that President Obama is winning the war against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), according to their chairmen.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), who also happens to be vice-chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, expressed concern that President Barack Obama’s approach to the civil war in Syria may lead to nuclear war during an exchange with Defense Secretary Ashton Carter at a House Armed Services hearing on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter contradicted President Obama when pressed by Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) during a House panel hearing on Tuesday, declaring that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and other radical Islamic terrorist groups are a greater threat than climate change.

Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, said that the Islamic State terrorist organization is not contained, and has not been at anytime since 2010.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) does not believe the Pentagon’s claim that U.S. troops in Afghanistan are not being told to ignore the sexual abuse of children by Afghan security forces, according to the lawmaker’s office.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told the House Armed Services Committee that the U.S.-led military efforts to train Iraqi forces to combat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has been “slowed” by a lack of recruits.