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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Senate Armed Services Committee announced details of the committee’s markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016.  The committee voted 22-4 to report the bill, which... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter announced the President’s intention to nominate... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today released the following statement after the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, giving Congress the power to review and approve or reject the potential... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, after it was announced that President Obama will nominate Marine General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SDG-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building Tuesday, April 30, 2015   To receive testimony on U.S. European Command programs and budget in review... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SDG-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building Tuesday, April 28, 2015   To receive testimony on United States security policy in Europe (As Prepared... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, after the Obama Administration announced that Dr. Warren Weinstein, 73, an American aid worker held captive by al Qaeda since 2011, and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian national who had been an al Qaeda hostage since 2012, were... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SH-216 Hart Senate Office Building Tuesday, April 21, 2015   To consider the nomination of Mr. Peter K. Levine to be Deputy Chief Management... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee (As prepared for delivery)   Room SDG-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building Thursday, April 16, 2015   To receive testimony on U.S. Pacific Command and... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee (As prepared for delivery)   Room SDG-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building Tuesday, April 14, 2015   To receive testimony on U.S. defense policy issues... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after U.S. and international negotiators announced a preliminary framework regarding a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) regarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear program, U.S. Senator Jack Reed... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SDG-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building Thursday, March 26, 2015   To receive testimony on U.S. Central Command, U.S. Africa Command and U.S.... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SH-216 Hart Senate Office Building Tuesday, March 24, 2015   To receive testimony on United States Middle East Policy (As Prepared for... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono... Read More

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced their selections for the Congressionally-mandated National Commission on the Future of... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SD-106 Dirksen Senate Office Building Wednesday, March 18, 2015   To receive testimony on the postures of the Department of the Army and... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building Thursday, March 12, 2015   To receive testimony U.S. Northern Command and U.S Southern Command  in... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SD-G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building Tuesday, March 10, 2015   To receive testimony on the posture of the Department of the Navy in review... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement on the plea arrangement agreed to by the U.S. Department of Justice and former CIA Director General David... Read More

Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Jack Reed Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee   Room SH-216 Hart Senate Office Building Tuesday, March 3, 2015   To receive testimony in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal... Read More