From: C-SPAN on Tue, Jan 11 2011 1:07 PM

Ms. Becraft discussed the role of women in combat and the importance of women’s military service in the Persian Gulf. Her speech centered on the laws and policies affecting women's military careers, as well as current laws restricting combat and thereby prohibiting the advancement ...

From: C-SPAN on Tue, Jan 11 2011 11:24 AM

Ernest White and Major General Charles Bussey discussed the status of black Americans in the U.S. military, including discrepancies between the percentage of blacks in the U.S. population and the higher percentage of blacks in the U.S. military. They were questioned by high-school stude...

From: C-SPAN on Tue, Jan 11 2011 11:22 AM

Group Captain Irving updated reporters in Riyadh on the events concerning the British military in the Persian Gulf war. He reported on a mission by eight British Tornado warplanes to destroy a liquid propellant plant in Iraq. Grp. Capt. Irving discussed the destruction of a bunker in Ba...

From: C-SPAN on Tue, Jan 11 2011 8:23 AM

The subcommittee heard testimony from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell on the reorganization of U.S. military bases around the world. Early in 1991, the Department of Defense announced plans to reduce the size of the U.S. military personnel 25 percent by 1996, with...

From: C-SPAN on Tue, Jan 11 2011 8:15 AM

The House Armed Services committee’s Military Education panel heard testimony from Brig. Gen. Ken Simpson on the Joint Chiefs of Staff initiatives on improving military education. Brig. Gen. Simpson, vice director for operational plans for the Joint Chiefs, testified on proposals to imp...

From: C-SPAN on Tue, Jan 11 2011 1:39 AM

The committee heard testimony from other senators on the proposed lifting of the ban against homosexuals in the military. Proponents of the repeal of the ban cite the waste of manpower in enforcing the ban and the accomplishments of homosexuals already in the military, while opponents o...

From: C-SPAN on Tue, Jan 11 2011 1:33 AM

The commission met to hear testimony on a proposal for the closure of six additional U.S. military bases to be added to the list of military bases slated for closure by the Department of Defense earlier in the year. The members debated the proposal, which would add three U.S. Army and ...

From: C-SPAN on Tue, Jan 11 2011 12:53 AM

The commission heard testimony from Secretary Aspin, General Powell and other members of the Joint Chiefs on the list of military bases slated for closure by the Department of Defense earlier in the year. The hearing was the final hearing featuring witnesses prior to the commission’s deliberatio...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jan 09 2011 8:57 AM

President Clinton talked about the plight of the people in Kosovo. He said that Serbian forces had intensified their attacks on the Kosovar Albanians, therefore, the refugee problem is increasing. He explained why the United States must help the Kosovar Albanians with military force aga...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jan 09 2011 8:34 AM

Mr. Shea and Commodore Wilby briefed reporters about the military strikes on Yugoslavia. Mr. Shea talked about the NATO requirements that President Milosevic must meet for the bombings to stop. Commodore Wilby and Mr. Shea commented on the growing refugee problem. Maps of the military ...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Jan 08 2011 12:06 PM

Military chiefs testified about funding requests for military operations, research and development, and future programs. Among the topics they addressed were military operations in Afghanistan, missile threats and defense, and the future force structures.

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Jan 08 2011 11:42 AM

General Pace talked about military reform and the future of joint military operations. Among the issues he addressed were the increasing number of joint operations assignment for senior officers, inter-service cooperation and operational efficiency, military operations against terrorist...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Jan 08 2011 6:00 AM

During the final day of a military training course for journalists, portions of a five-mile tactical march as well as interviews with journalists and military personnel were shown. The training was organized by the Department of Defense to give members of the media and understanding of ...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Jan 08 2011 4:44 AM

Ms. Priest talked about U.S. Special Forces and the role of the military in world affairs. She responded to audience telephone calls, faxes, and electronic mail. Ms. Priest is the author of The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America’s Military, published by W.W. Norton and C...

From: C-SPAN on Fri, Jan 07 2011 7:08 AM

Colonel Williams talked about his book Engineering Peace: The Military Role in Post-conflict Reconstruction, published by Institute of Peace Press. He analyzed the post-conflict reconstruction gap in the case studies of Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. He showed how military engineering brigades...

From: C-SPAN on Fri, Jan 07 2011 4:06 AM

Warrington Parker, a co-counsel for the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR), and Gerald Walpin debated military recruiting on college campuses. They discussed Rumsfeld v. FAIR, a U.S. Supreme Court case on the constitutionality of the 1996 Solomon Amendment, heard in oral...

From: C-SPAN on Fri, Jan 07 2011 2:13 AM

Witnesses testified on the topic "Special Operations Command: Transforming for the Long War." Among the issues they addressed were proposals for military transformation, future strategies for military operations in conflicts, personnel and training issues, and the future role of special forces ...

From: C-SPAN on Fri, Jan 07 2011 1:27 AM

Mr. Stamp and Mr. Swift spoke about the operation of military tribunals, Constitutional issues surrounding the trials of detainees suspected of terrorism, and the rights of the accused. They focused on cases of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, rules for proceedings against terror...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 10:52 PM

Subcommittee members heard testimony about sexual assault and violence against women in the military and at the military academies. Witnesses in the first panel talked about sexual assault, violence, and rape prevention in the military and recommended modernizing the provisions regardin...

From: C-SPAN on Thu, Jan 06 2011 7:18 PM

A panel of authors discussed issues facing military families. Some of the authors responded to audience members' questions. Vicki Cody is the author of Your Soldier, Your Army: A Parents' Guide. Kristin Henderson is the author of While They’re at War. Meredith Leyva is th...