Topic - Armed Services Committee

• Inside Politics

  The House Republican campaign chairman, Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, has been notified that he received a discounted mortgage from the now-defunct Countrywide Financial Corp.

• Inside Politics

  Sen. John McCain says the world is better off now that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died, and predicted the dictator would join the likes of Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin "in a warm corner in hell."

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  Senate defies threat of veto in terrorist custody vote

  Defying a veto threat from President Obama, the Senate voted Tuesday to preserve language that would give the U.S. military a crack at al Qaeda operatives captured in the U.S., even if they are American citizens.

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  Senators strike deal on interrogations of terrorism suspects

  The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee broke with President Obama Tuesday and struck a deal with Republicans on the contentious issue of handling and prosecuting terrorism-suspect detainees, clearing the way for the defense-policy bill to be voted on next week.

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  Sen. Graham: 'All options on the table' for Pakistan

  Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday said the United States must have "all options on the table" to deal with growing concerns about official Pakistani support of terrorism.

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  Inside Politics

  The chairman of the House panel overseeing the military budget has a simple message for the supercommittee charged with cutting the deficit: "Leave us alone."

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  MILLER: Debt deal encircles Pentagon

  The ink wasn't dry on the debt-ceiling law on Tuesday before President Obama began plotting his strategy to slash the military budget. A White House statement proudly acknowledged the deal would gut $350 billion from the already stretched armed services, and Democrats expect the new congressional joint committee to make deeper cuts in the months ahead.

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  Lawmakers deride stance on Libya

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  Pressure builds for sale of F-16 jets to Taiwan

  Congress is stepping up pressure on the Obama administration to sell more F-16 jet fighters to Taiwan as the island's air defenses deteriorate and China's air power grows.

• House bill cuts funds for F-35 jet engine

  The House Appropriations Committee's defense spending bill calls for blocking all funds for developing an alternate F-35 jet engine, putting the panel's bill at odds with the Armed Services Committee's legislation permitting continued engine development.

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  Sharp blade falls on defense, foreign aid programs

  Tea-party budget hawks keen on cutting military spending and foreign aid will find plenty to like in the deal struck by President Obama and congressional leaders.

• GRAY: Lack of debate on Libya will haunt Obama

  Although Libya is receding from the front pages and cable television, our involvement is not going to end soon. Attention will migrate to other issues, but the question of public approval will resurface, and with it the question of whether the White House should have sought congressional authorization and should do so even now.

• House rejects quick drawdown from Afghanistan in 321-93 vote

  The House overwhelmingly rejected a resolution calling for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan by year's end as Republicans and Democrats joined in embracing President Obama's long-term war strategy.

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  Daley shoots down 'no-fly zone'

  President Obama's chief of staff on Sunday said that many of those calling for the U.S. to enforce a "no-fly zone" over Libya "have no idea what they're talking about" when it comes to the burdens of such an undertaking.

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