This year’s approval of the National Defense Authorization Act by the House of Representatives included several victories for southwest Ohio and for America’s [...]
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This year’s approval of the National Defense Authorization Act by the House of Representatives included several victories for southwest Ohio and for America’s [...] U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, the top Republican on the Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, released the following prepared remarks for Floor consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2011: “I thank the gentleman from California, Mr. McKeon, and the gentleman from Missouri, Mr. Skelton, for their leadership in guiding this bill [...] The House Armed Services Committee voted to send a strong message to the Administration that it believes the recently-released Nuclear Posture Review weakens the national security of the United States by eliminating options to defend against a catastrophic nuclear, biological, chemical, or conventional attack against the United [...] House Armed Services Committee Approves Turner Amendment To Strengthen U.S. Position vs. AdversariesThe House Armed Services Committee has approved an amendment offered by Congressman Mike Turner that makes clear the U.S. reserves the right to respond to any attack against this country “with any means [...] The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved an amendment to the annual defense authorization bill that holds the Administration accountable for deploying a missile defense system in Europe to protect the U.S. homeland. [...] Last May, President Obama clearly stated, ‘I don’t take options off the table when it comes to U.S. security, period.’ Unfortunately, his new Nuclear Posture Review does just that. It delivers a muddled message that weakens the strength of our [...] But clearly, the Pentagon, the White House and our U.S. intelligence agencies must develop strategies to address nuclear proliferation by rogue actors when diplomacy and sanctions fail. We must address how the United States might contain Iran’s power if it decided to produce a weapon, and how to deal with the possibility that fuel or weapons could be obtained by one of the terrorist groups Iran has supported. [...] Recent reports from U.S. military leaders in Afghanistan show American troops and technology are beginning to turn the tide in that conflict. Ongoing air strikes on terrorist targets using remote- piloted “drones” are having an effect as Afghan forces increasingly struggle to communicate with each other and villagers refuse to offer them places to hide. We [...] Mike Turner today released the following statement regarding the President’s announcement that the United States and Russia have reached an agreement on a new nuclear weapons [...] Last year, I co-introduced in the U.S. House with Congressman Jim Marshall, D-Georgia, defense bill language to maintain the current U.S. military force presence in Europe and to uphold U.S. commitments under the NATO [...] |
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