The votes in the Armed Services Committee split on party lines for the legislation.
However, this branch of the armed services was limited in numbers of service members allowed.
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Hoekstra is in charge of House Intelligence, while Hunter leads the Armed Services Committee.
The armed services, Wednesday, also notified Congress of the potential impact of budget cuts to states.
The Armed Services Committee is expected to vote on Mullen's nomination before Congress adjourns Friday for its August recess.
Yet, alone among the armed services, the Coast Guard suffers from smallness rather than gigantism.
As part of the armed services, the Coast Guard must work under cumbersome regulations.
As always, spending time with American military personnel enhances my great respect for the Armed Services.
As NPR's Tom Bowman reports, the armed services are having trouble holding on to sergeants and officers.
In 1946, the standing committees on military and naval affairs combined to become the Armed Services Committee.
He fought for his country in uniform as an enlisted member of the armed services in Vietnam.
Instead, the administration is telling the armed services to take the needed funds away from other vital Pentagon requirements.
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Others, including several senior Republicans on the armed services committee, said outright that they would not back Mr Hagel.
Perhaps you, too are thinking of someone in the armed services this day.
This policy change may have the ironic effect of forcing women to reconsider their place in the armed services.
He warned ministers not to cut the overall size of the armed services.
On the way, our correspondent adds, he made enemies in the armed services.
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Levin is floating the idea to the Democratic leadership and colleagues on the Armed Services committee, trying to gain support.
And Mr Gore has been dragged to the left on issues such as trade and gays in the armed services.
And I could tell you it's such a great honor to be on your team on the Armed Services Committee.
But senators on the Armed Services Committee were more focused on his last job as the senior U.S. officer in Iraq.
Or, maybe you pledged to the wrong branch of the armed services.
John Warner, the influential former chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
"Regardless of effectiveness, the mere presence and willingness to fight has reduced pressure on the Afghan side, " Gates told the Armed Services Committee.
At a second Senate hearing, before the Armed Services Committee, lawmakers tussled over the role of the federal government in guarding against threats.
And when short-term needs arise, such as the evacuation of British citizens from Lebanon last month, the armed services have to meet them.
What we can't have is an increasing disparity between what's demanded of the armed services and what we're prepared to afford, to support them.
The Environment and Public Works Committee held a more balanced hearing last week, and the Armed Services Committee is expected to hold one soon.
Mr Ball joined the armed services at 15 and spent 10 years in the Royal Navy before starting work for British Coal in 1964.
Militarily, U.S. analysts have said the armed services will be unable to maintain the current level of more than 160, 000 troops beyond next spring.
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