Senate Committee on Armed Services
The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on U.S. policy towards Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Senate Committee on Armed Services will hold a closed hearing on the security situation in Iraq.
The Senate Committee on Armed Services will hold its annual hearing to receive the posture statements from the commanders of U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Central Command.
Oversight: U.S. European Command, U.S. Northern Command, and U.S. Southern Command
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MAY
Thursday - May 16, 2013 - OPEN
9:30 AM
Room SD-106
Dirksen
To receive testimony on the law of armed conflict, the use of military force, and the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
PANEL I
Mr. Robert S. Taylor
Acting General Counsel Department of Defense
Honorable Michael A. Sheehan
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict Department of Defense
Major General Michael K. Nagata, USA
The Senate Committee on Armed Services met to discuss the increasing role of AFRICOM and the U.S. Transportation Command on the African continent. Commanding Officers from both Commands were given the chance to defend budget requests for FY2014.