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In my position as the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee for the last two years, I’ve had the opportunity to work to ensure that Ohioans, as well as our men and women in uniform, have the resources they need to succeed. These efforts include a continued focus on creating jobs, [...] Several provisions included by Congressman Mike Turner in the FY2011 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) approved today by the House of Representatives will strengthen key installations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and help support Dayton’s regional [...] Rep. Turner Named Chairman of House Armed Services Strategic Forces [...] Speaking to WHIO listeners on December 8 about his fight to prevent the Department of Defense from cutting the ECSS [...] Congressman Mike Turner of Dayton and Congressman Steve Austria of Beavercreek. who represent Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Congress, today sent a bipartisan delegation letter to the Defense Department expressing concern about the Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) program, currently headquartered in Beavercreek, could be downsized resulting in the loss of hundreds of SW Ohio [...] Senior Role on the House Armed Services Committee is Critical to the Future of Wright-Patterson and the Regional [...] The last decade has been challenging for the State of Ohio’s manufacturing sector, especially here in the Dayton region. Between May 2000 and May 2010, the Dayton metropolitan area lost over half of its production workforce, around 42,000 manufacturing jobs. The unemployment rate in Clinton, Montgomery and Highland Counties is significantly higher than the national average and many of those lost jobs were in the manufacturing sector. [...] Today, the Center for Security Policy recognized Mike Turner as one of their “Champions of National Security.” Rep. Turner received a 100% rating on the Center’s National Security Scorecard for his voting record in the 111th [...] Mike Turner called for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to convene representatives of the Balkan states and neighboring nations at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) for a “Dayton II” conference. This meeting would seek to address the challenges that continue to face the region, fifteen years after the Dayton Peace [...] Recently, our region and the national security of the United States won a major victory when we prevented jobs from being stolen away from the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB). As a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, I am in a unique position to advocate for Wright-Patterson, one of the largest and most diverse Air Force bases in the [...] |
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