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WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on the National Defense Authorization Act for FY21. A summary of highlights of the bill can be downloaded here and is included at the link below:
WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on the final report of the National Commission on Military Aviation Safety:
WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, today congratulated Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) on his selection as the next Armed Services Ranking Member. Thornberry is retiring from Congress at the end of the current term.
WASHINGTON- House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Ranking Member Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), today issued the following statement after completing the Conference Report for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020.
WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on the National Defense Authorization Act for FY21:
WASHINGTON, DC - Last month, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Fox National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin. The interview covered military readiness, America's national security challenges, the state of politics in the country, and the importance of America continuing to engage with the world.
WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, congratulates the following Republican members of the Committee who have been named by House Leadership to serve on the House-Senate Conference Committee to resolve the differences in the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.
The following Republican Members of the House Armed Services Committee were named to serve on the House-Senate Conference Committee:
WASHINGTON, DC – The bipartisan leadership of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), met today with the conference committee for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA).
WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on recently announced plans to withdraw U.S. Forces from Afghanistan and Iraq:
"I believe that these additional reductions of American troops from terrorist areas are a mistake. Further reductions in Afghanistan will also undercut negotiations there; the Taliban has done nothing – met no condition – that would justify this cut.
WASHINGTON- Rep. Mac Thornberry, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on Secretary Esper's tenure at the Department of Defense: