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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Buck McKeon</title>
      <description>House Armed Services Committee Chair Buck McKeon (R-CA) talked about criticism of President Obama's proposed defense budget, the news that North Korea may have the ability to launch nuclear weapons, and other defense issues.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:00:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session</title>
      <description>The House passed H.R. 933, a continuing resolution to fund the government through the remainder of fiscal year 2013, by a 267-151 margin.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:00:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Republicans on Defense Budget Cuts</title>
      <description>Republican leaders of the House Armed Services Committee talked about the effect of sequestration budget cuts on defense programs.
"Sequestration," a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget taken back in order to cut deficit spending, was agreed to in the Budget Control Act of 2011 and scheduled to happen on March 1, 2013.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:31:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Defense Department Sequestration Budget Cuts</title>
      <description>Republican members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees spoke to reporters about their proposal for averting sequestration defense cuts. In their remarks they dismissed President Obama's plan to avoid the cuts.
Sequestration," a legal procedure in which automatic budget cuts are triggered, was agreed to in the Budget Control Act of 2011, and were scheduled to occur starting on March 1, 2013.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:35:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sexual Misconduct Allegations at Lackland Air Force Base</title>
      <description>Witnesses testified on allegations of sexual misconduct by basic training instructors at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. General Mark Welsh, Air Force chief of staff, said the service was committed to getting rid of sexual misconduct within its ranks and the problem had become a "cancer" for the Air Force. General Edward Rice provided an update on the investigation. The second panel included first-hand accounts of being sexually assaulted from retired Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Cindy McNally and former Air Force Technical Sergeant Jennifer Norris. David Lisak spoke about his work as a forensic consultant on rape cases in the military.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:04:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Ceremonial Swearing-In,  Part 2</title>
      <description>House Speaker John Boehner held a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony with newly elected representatives. The event happens at the start of each Congress. The official swearing-in ceremony took place earlier on the House floor. There were 35 new Republican members and 49 new Democratic members.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:54:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session, Part 1</title>
      <description>At about 12:30 p.m., the House began debate on the rule for the defense authorization conference report.
At about 1:30 p.m, the House began debate on the rule for the two Plan B-related measures.
At about 2:30 p.m. the House took its first series of roll call votes on the two rules.
At about 3:30 p.m. the House debated the defense authorization conference report.
At about 4:40 p.m. the House debated HR 6684, the sequester/spending reduction bill.
At about 6:30 p.m., the House took its second series of roll call votes of the day: final adoption of the defense authorization conference report, and possible motion to recommit, and final passage of HR 6684, the sequester/spending reduction bill.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Conflict in Eastern Congo, Panel 2</title>
      <description>Witnesses testified about the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda's involvement in the eastern Congo, where U.N. Security Council experts had alleged Rwandan support of rebels against the Congolese army. The rebel group M23 was terrorizing people in Eastern Congo. Among the issues discussed was the effectiveness of the U.N. mission in the Congo.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 04:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Conflict in Eastern Congo, State and Defense Officials</title>
      <description>State and Defense Department officials testified on the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda's involvement in the eastern Congo, where U.N. Security Council experts had alleged Rwandan support of rebels against the Congolese army. They spoke about violence from the rebel group M23 which was terrorizing people in Eastern Congo. Among the issues discussed were the role of ivory poaching and U.S. federal budget issues that could limit resources available to assist Congo.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:49:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Rules for 2013 Defense Programs and Fiscal Cliff Legislation, Part 1</title>
      <description>The House Rules Committee met to set guidelines for the floor debate on defense programs and on House Speaker John Boehner's amendment to H.J.Res. 66. The amendment would avoid the impending "fiscal cliff" increases and budget cuts at the end of 2012.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:31:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Defense Authorization</title>
      <description>Leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees spoke to reporters after finishing negotiations on a $633 billion Defense Programs bill for fiscal year 2013.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session, Part 2</title>
      <description>The U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:02:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Defense Plans for Sequestration</title>
      <description>Officials testified about automatic budget cuts scheduled for January 2013, known as sequestration. They focused on planning for sequestration, likely impact of the budget cuts on military preparedness and morale, programs likely to be affected most, and the need for quick resolution of the problem if Congress were to act to prevent sequestration.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:15:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:00:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Possible Defense Spending Cuts</title>
      <description>Jeffrey Zients and Ashton Carter testified on the effects of automatic budget cuts on Defense Department and other government programs. The cuts, also known as sequestration, were part of the 2011 debt ceiling agreement and were scheduled for January 2013 unless Congress passed $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction. Among the programs discussed were base support services for military families and veterans, funding for civilian investments, training for troops in Afghanistan, the Federal Aviation Administration, food and workplace safety inspections, and the National Weather Service.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:04:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Veteran Health Care Assistance</title>
      <description>Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Secretary of Veteran Affairs Eric Shinseki discussed ways to more effectively reintroduce those in the armed forces back into civilian life. The joint committee hearing was called to elaborate on the highest level of suicide from members of the armed forces in more than a decade, on average one per day. Topics included improvement of psychological tests, veteran unemployment, increased interaction with veterans, and better communication between the Departments of Defense and Veteran Affairs.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:01:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session, Part 2</title>
      <description></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:31:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session</title>
      <description>The House considered the 2013 defense spending bill.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Impact of Defense Budget Cuts</title>
      <description>Defense industry executives testified on the possible effects on the private sector of sequestration, automatic across-the-board budget cuts Congress enacted as part of the August 2011 agreement to raise the debt ceiling. They warned of dire economic consequences, such as job losses and layoffs, if sequestration were allowed to be implemented.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:33:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session</title>
      <description></description>
      <link>http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307041-2</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:59:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session</title>
      <description>Defense Authorization</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:01:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session</title>
      <description>Legislative business: Amendments to Defense Authorization</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session</title>
      <description>Legislative Business
	One Minute Speeches (15 per side)
H.R. 4970 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 (Closed Rule, One Hour of Debate
H.R. 5740 - To extend the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes (Suspension, 40 minutes of debate) 
Begin Consideration of H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 
(General Debate Rule, One Hour of Debate) 
Postponed Votes on Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules:
1) H.R. 4119 - Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 
2) H.R. 2621 - Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act 
3) H.R. 2745 - To amend the Mesquite Lands Act of 1986 to facilitate implementation of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River in Clark County, Nevada, as amended 
4) H.Res. 568 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability, as amended</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session</title>
      <description>One Minute Speeches (5 per side)
H.R. 5652 - Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, Rules Committee Print (Closed Rule, Two Hours of Debate)
Complete Consideration of H.R. 5326 - Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes (Open Rule) 
Special Order Speeches</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:01:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Programs and Policies, Part 4</title>
      <description>The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill would authorize $554 billion for the Defense Department and national security programs, and $88 billion for overseas contingency operations. Among the topics they addressed were the detainee situation at GuantÃ¡namo Bay, U.S. relations with Pakistan and Iran, funding for missile defense, the impact of automatic defense cuts, and the acquisition of weapons. 
This was the fourth of four parts of the day-long hearing.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 04:06:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Programs and Policies, Part 2</title>
      <description>The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill would authorize $554 billion for the Defense Department and national security programs, and $88 billion for overseas contingency operations. Among the topics they addressed were the detainee situation at GuantÃ¡namo Bay, U.S. relations with Pakistan and Iran, funding for missile defense, the impact of automatic defense cuts, and the acquisition of weapons. 
This was the second of four parts of the day-long hearing.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:52:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Programs and Policies, Part 1</title>
      <description>The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill would authorize $554 billion for the Defense Department and national security programs, and $88 billion for overseas contingency operations. Among the topics they addressed were the detainee situation at GuantÃ¡namo Bay, U.S. relations with Pakistan and Iran, funding for missile defense, the impact of automatic defense cuts, and the acquisition of weapons. 
This was the first of four parts of the day-long hearing.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:03:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Programs and Policies, Part 3</title>
      <description>The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill would authorize $554 billion for the Defense Department and national security programs, and $88 billion for overseas contingency operations. Among the topics they addressed were the detainee situation at GuantÃ¡namo Bay, U.S. relations with Pakistan and Iran, funding for missile defense, the impact of automatic defense cuts, and the acquisition of weapons. 
This was the third of four parts of the day-long hearing.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 23:33:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Representative Buck McKeon on Defense Spending</title>
      <description>House Armed Services Committee Chair Buck McKeon (R-CA) talked about defense issues, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the fiscal year 2013 defense spending legislation, the threat of sequestration, the Secret Service-prostifute scandal in Colombia, Afghanistan, Syria, and nuclear threats. 
C-SPAN Radio's Nancy Calo read news headlines at the end of the program.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:49:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session, Part 2</title>
      <description></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:30:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Developments in Syria</title>
      <description>Officials testified about events in Syria, including recent violence against protestors, the state of a cease-fire brokered by the United Nations general secretary, and regional security issues.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:02:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Korean Peninsula Security</title>
      <description>Witnesses testified on Korean peninsula security, specifically the issue of whether or not a satellite North Korea plans to launch in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War is a cover for a long-range missile test.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:30:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Afghanistan War, Part 2</title>
      <description>General John Allen and Undersecretary James Miller testified on operations in Afghanistan. Among the topics they addressed were the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country by 2014, as well as the killing of Afghan civilians by an American soldier. General Allen said the mission in Afghanistan was on-track, and expressed confidence in the 2014 withdrawal deadline, saying he had seen no indication from the Obama administration of a push to speed up the withdrawal. He downplayed Afghan President Hamid Karzai's recent call for foreign troops to withdraw to their bases.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:38:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Afghanistan War, Part 1</title>
      <description>General John Allen and Undersecretary James Miller testified on operations in Afghanistan. Among the topics they addressed were the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country by 2014, as well as the killing of Afghan civilians by an American soldier. General Allen said the mission in Afghanistan was on-track, and expressed confidence in the 2014 withdrawal deadline, saying he had seen no indication from the Obama administration of a push to speed up the withdrawal. He downplayed Afghan President Hamid Karzai's recent call for foreign troops to withdraw to their bases.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Representative Buck McKeon on National Security</title>
      <description>House Armed Services Chair Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) talked about national security challenges and President Obama's defense budget request for fiscal year 2013.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:55:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Newsmakers with Representative Buck McKeon</title>
      <description>House Armed Services Committee Member Buck McKeon (D-CA) talked about defense cuts planned by the Obama administration. Topics included shrinking the size of the Army and Marines, the administration's efforts to shift the role of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, as well as other military issues.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Army Fiscal Year 2013 Budget</title>
      <description>General Ray Odierno and John McHugh testified on the fiscal year 2013 Army budget request.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:01:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey testified on the 2013 military budget.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session, Part 2</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:40:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Conference Report on H.R. 1540 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 
(Conference Report Rule, One Hour of Debate) 
Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules:
1) H.R. 2719 
2) H.R. 443
3) H.R. 1466 
4) S. 278 
2) H.R. 1264 
3) H.R. 3421 - Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act
4) H.R. 886 - United States Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act 
5) H.R. 1905 - Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2011 
6) H.R. 2105 - Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Reform and Modernization Act of 2011</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Motion to go to Conference on H.R. 2055 - 
Motion to go to Conference on H.R. 1540 - 
H.R. 10 - Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2011 (Structured Rule) 
The rule provides for one hour of general debate and makes in order the following amendments:
H.R. 1254 - Synthetic Drug Control Act (Suspension, 
1) H.R. 944 - To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purpose
2) S. 535 - Fort Pulaski National Monument Lease Authorization Act 
3) H.R. 2360 - POWER Act 
4) H.R. 2351 - North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act 
5) H.R. 1560 - 
6) S.683 - Box Elder Utah Land Conveyance Act 
7) S.Con.Res. 32 -</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>The Joint Chiefs of Staff representing the four major military services appeared before the House Armed Services Committee to speak against additional defense cuts or sequestration. They said such action would hurt national security and could cost lives.</description>
      <link>http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302457-1</link>
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      <category>House Committee</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:32:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy leaders testified on the state of U.S. military readiness and potential cuts in Defense Department spending. They talked about a number of issues including the potential impact of automatic spending cuts on each service branch in the event Congress failed to reach an agreement on deficit reduction, they also talked about recruitment and retention, overseas military operations, and military technology.</description>
      <link>http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302350-1</link>
      <author>info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)</author>
      <category>House Committee</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:19:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Witnesses testified on lessons learned by the Department of Defense over the preceding decade, and gave a comprehensive assessment of how those lessons might be applied in the future in light of anticipated reductions in defense spending. This was General Dempsey's first appearance as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.</description>
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      <category>House Committee</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>House Armed Services Committee Republicans released their recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. They also answered questions from reporters.</description>
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      <author>info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)</author>
      <category>News Conference</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>House Armed Services Committee Chair Buck McKeon (R-CA) talked about Defense Department cuts as part of the effort to address the U.S. debt. He had been trying to keep the cuts from going deeper than the $350 billion that the Obama administration and Congress agreed to during the preceding summer. He discussed other military issues as well.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:59:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>U.S. Defense Ten Years After September 11</title>
      <description>House Armed Services Committee Chair Buck McKeon spoke about the U.S. military since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In his comments he talked about the special committee created in the recently-passed debt ceiling bill. Automatic spending cuts would be triggered if Congress failed to act on the recommendations of the committee by December 23, 2011. Representative McKeon said he would choose tax increases over defense reductions, warning of dire consequences if further Defense Department cuts were made.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:34:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee discussed the level of defense spending that they favored under the debt ceiling legislation.</description>
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      <category>News Conference</category>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:34:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>House Session, Part 1</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:02:12 GMT</pubDate>
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