Howard McKeon,ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, questioned why, if the facility was designed for civilian purposes, Iran concealed its existence.

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Opponents of the president's plan expressed outrage at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday, led by ranking member, Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona.

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McCain,the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was asked whether the timeline for withdrawing U.S.combat forces from Iraq within the next year might need to be revised in the wake of the latest attacks.

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Carl Levin, for instance, the highest-ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, said that the Iraqi constitution needs to be changed to include more Sunnis in the government.

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John McCain, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee and a fierce Hagel critic, did not sign the letter.

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Securities and investment firms also have solid connections with the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, Spencer Bachus, R-Ala.

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