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US House Committee on Armed Services Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith, a Washington Democrat, speaks during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
July 17, 2026, 6:47 pm
Democratic congressman who voted to cut off Israel aid decries far-left harassment campaign
Adam Smith, ranking member of House Armed Services Committee who used to receive AIPAC support, says anti-Israel activists vandalized his family home, assaulted staff member
By Luke Tress
Pentagon press secretary Sean Parnell speaks to the media in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room, on March 17, 2025, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
April 23, 2026, 3:41 pm
Pentagon denies reported assessment that de-mining Hormuz will take six months
US Defense Department calls Washington Post report, based on classified briefing to lawmakers, ‘dishonest journalism’; Iran claims it has banked first tolls from shipping in strait
By AFP
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., right, and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, left, talk in Washington, June 9, 2016. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
October 20, 2016, 9:18 am
Lawmakers: Russia’s violation of nuke treaty has ‘worsened’
Two Republican congressmen call on Obama to act amid concerns over Moscow’s testing of banned cruise missile systems
By Deb Riechmann
American and Spanish trainers use live ammunition in training exercises at the Basmaya base, 40 kilometers southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, January 24, 2016. (AP/Karim Kadim, File)
August 12, 2016, 5:37 am
GOP says US command manipulated Islamic State intel
Military’s reports and public statements were ‘significantly more positive than actual events’ in 2014-15, lawmakers allege
By Richard Lardner
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, June 30, 2016. (Allison Shelley/Getty Images/AFP)
June 30, 2016, 11:09 pm
US military lifts ban on transgender personnel
Defense Secretary Carter says ‘it’s the right thing to do’; critics question plans to fund related medical expenses
By AFP
Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the US strategy for Syria and Iraq and its implications for the region. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
December 1, 2015, 8:44 pm
US defense chief announces expanded combat force in Iraq
Ash Carter tells Congress increased US military operations will bolster Iraqi, Kurdish forces battling Islamic State
By Deb Riechmann
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, accompanied by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, April 16, 2015 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
June 17, 2015, 11:35 am
US military leaders to defend Obama’s Middle East policies
Defense secretary and chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff to address administration’s regional strategy before a House committee
By Deb Riechmann
File: King Abdullah II of Jordan, February 3, 2015, in Washington, DC. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)
February 5, 2015, 10:32 am
Jordan king vows to step up fight after Islamic State kills pilot
Abdullah II promises ‘harsh’ response, quotes Clint Eastwood movie to convince US lawmakers he means business
By AFP and ToI Staff
An Arrow missile fired during a test launch in February 2013. (photo credit: CC BY-US Missile Defense Agency, Flickr)
December 10, 2013, 9:27 am
US to add $173 million for Israel missile defense
Armed Services Committee spending bill calls for increases in support for Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow systems
By Lazar Berman
President Barack Obama talks with members of the his national security team in the White House Situation Room during one in a series of meetings to discuss the mission against Osama bin Laden, on May 1, 2011. (photo credit: AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza, File)
May 28, 2013, 4:24 pm
In sea change, US intelligence embraces debate, dissent
In wake of the invasion of Iraq, which was based in part on a faulty CIA assessment, agencies have dramatically revised their methodology
By Lara Jakes
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)
April 11, 2013, 10:38 pm
Iran, North Korea can’t nuke US, Hagel says
US defense secretary says the possibility of their acquisition of such a capability creates ‘a very dangerous situation’
By AP and ToI Staff
Shelley Adler and her Republican opponent both tout their staunch support of Israel. (Photo credit: Shelley Adler for Congress via JTA)
October 19, 2012, 4:07 pm
Congressional race pits Jewish widow against former football star
Democrat Shelley Adler faces tough fight to reclaim her late husband’s New Jersey district
By Suzanne Pollak
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