The House Armed Services Committee will begin marking up its version of the Fiscal 2014 defense authorization bill on May 22, announced committee Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.). The intelligence, emerging threats and capabilities panel; military personnel panel; seapower and projection forces panel; and strategic forces panel will convene on that day for their respective marks-ups, states McKeon’s April 25 release. On the following day, May 23, the readiness panel and the tactical air and land forces panel will meet. The full committee mark-up is scheduled for June 5. The HASC will post its marks and bill-related information at this webpage, according to the release.
In Purge, Trump Fires Brown, Slife, Franchetti, and More
Feb. 21, 2025
President Donald Trump fired Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announcing his intent to nominate retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John "Dan" Caine to replace him in a social media post Feb. 21.