Pentagon Leaders Prep for Hill Grilling on Afghanistan

September 27, 2021
Congress/DoD | On Base

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley and U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie Jr. will face angry lawmakers this week looking for answers about the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The three will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday morning at 9:30 Eastern time. The hearing announcement indicates some of the testimony will be closed to the public.

The same three leaders will appear at the same time the next morning before the House Armed Services Committee. That hearing will be live streamed.

Milley is likely to also get questions about reports in a new book that he was taking steps in the final days of the Trump administration to block potential military activity ordered by the former president.

DOD photo by Chad J. McNeeley

September 27, 2021
Congress/DoD | On Base

Recent News

NDAA Draft Asks for DOD Study on Privatizing Barracks

NDAA Draft Asks for DOD Study on Privatizing Barracks

May 16, 2024

The House Armed Services Committee’s draft National Defense Authorization Act indicates lawmakers may not be ready to privatize more barracks, as Military.com reported. “Members aren’t completely bought into privatizing all housing,” a senior Republican committee aide...

HASC Floats Sites in Virginia, Alaska, New Mexico for Space Launches

HASC Floats Sites in Virginia, Alaska, New Mexico for Space Launches

May 16, 2024

The House Armed Services Committee’s draft National Defense Authorization Act raises concerns about whether Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base, California can accommodate an expected growth in commercial and military space...

What’s in the House’s Draft NDAA

What’s in the House’s Draft NDAA

May 15, 2024

The House Armed Services Committee released its draft fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act this week. Among many other provisions, the draft bill: Sticks to the $883.7 billion topline budget figure established in last year’s budget deal Requires a DOD...

In Our Communities

In Our Communities

May 15, 2024

President Biden signed an order to block a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, AP reported. The order was in coordination with the multi-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States....

PAST STORIES

Snap of the Week

by | May 10, 2024 |

Air Force Maj. Gen. Vanessa Dornhoefer greets a World War II veteran during a V-E Day ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. May...

read more