Homosexuals in the Military
The committee heard testimony from Department of Defense officials on the administration’s new policy concerning homosexuals in the U.S. military. The previous day, President Clinton announc…
4,386 viewsThe committee heard testimony from Department of Defense officials on the administration’s new policy concerning homosexuals in the U.S. military. The previous day, President Clinton announc…
4,386 viewsDefense Secretary Les Aspin and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke in a news conference following a speech by President Bill Clinton on the new policy on homosexuals in the U.S. mili…
301 viewsThe Navy’s chief uniformed officer, Admiral Kelso, announced his retirement. His retirement begins April 30, 1994 and is two months earlier than scheduled. He said that the primary reason fo…
136 viewsAdmiral Paul Miller spoke about the change in U.S. naval policy as a consequence of the collapse of the Soviet Union. He stated that the U.S. Military must adapt to the changing conditions t…
240 viewsAdmiral Kelso spoke on interdependent security and military strategy. He said that the dynamics of the world are changing and that although the U.S. does not have all the answers, the differ…
55 viewsThe commission heard testimony from Defense Secretary Les Aspin, General Colin Powell and other members of the Joint Chiefs on the list of military bases slated for closure by the Department…
100 viewsThe briefers spoke about the second of two reports released that day by the Inspector General and of the Department of Defense concerning the events of September, 1991, Tailhook convention i…
281 viewsThe commission heard testimony from officers in the U.S. military on the recently released list of U.S. military bases slated to be closed or cut back by the Department of Defense. The closi…
74 viewsThe committee heard testimony from the chiefs of each armed service on what their department was doing to eliminate sexual harassment and discrimination. The witnesses were also given the ch…
224 viewsThis was the third of five meetings looking at the 1991 START agreement negotiated in Moscow between the United States and the former Soviet Union. Secretary Dick Cheney and General Colin Po…
225 viewsThe panelists discussed the impact of defense spending cuts on the various branches of the military, and how the army, navy, marines and the air force would handle the so-called defense buil…
109 viewsAdmiral Frank Kelso spoke to reporters about the Navy’s 2-year investigation of an explosion onboard the U.S.S. Iowa. He explained that initial interpretations and opinions of investigators …
971 viewsSenate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs heard testimony for Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, which would reduce the stock of conventional kept in Europe by th…
251 viewsThe subcommittee examined rules which restrict women from serving in military combat. Currently, a 1948 law prohibits women from serving in combat positions. The Navy, Marine Corps and Air F…
1,705 viewsThe committee met in connection with a series of hearings held earlier in the year on the implications of the dramatic changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe for national security po…
65 viewsThe committees held a hearing on the U.S. military’s role in drug interdiction. Some weeks prior to the hearing, both the Senate and House had passed bills increasing the military’s role in …
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