Senate Armed Services Committee

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Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) and former Chairman John Warner (R-VA) listen to Admiral Mike Mullen's confirmation hearing before the Armed Services Committee to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Armed Services Committee is the prime scene of discussion regarding U.S. Military in the Senate.

The Committee on Armed Services is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of the nation's military, including the Department of Defense, military research and development, nuclear energy (as pertaining to national security), benefits for members of the military, the Selective Service System and other matters related to defense policy. The Armed Services Committee was created as a result of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 following U.S. victory in the Second World War. It merged the responsibilities of the Committee on Naval Affairs (established in 1816) and the Committee on Military Affairs (also established in 1816). Considered one of the most powerful Senate committees, its broad mandate allowed it to report some of the most extensive and revolutionary legislation during the Cold War years, including the National Security Act of 1947.

Members, 110th Congress

The Committee is chaired by Democrat Carl Levin of Michigan, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican John McCain, of Arizona.

Subcommittees

Chairmen

Committee on Armed Services, 1947-present

• Chan Gurney (R-SD) 1947-1949
• Millard E. Tydings (D-MD) 1949-1951
• Richard B. Russell, Jr. (D-GA) 1951-1953
• Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA) 1953-1955
• Richard B. Russell, Jr. (D-GA) 1955-1969
• John C. Stennis (D-MS) 1969-1981
• John Tower (R-TX) 1981-1985
• Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) 1985-1987
• Sam Nunn (D-GA) 1987-1995
• Strom Thurmond (R-SC) 1995-1999
• John Warner (R-VA) 1999-2001
• Carl Levin (D-MI) 2001
• John Warner (R-VA) 2001
• Carl Levin (D-MI) 2001-2003
• John Warner (R-VA) 2003-2007
• Carl Levin (D-MI) 2007-present

See also

• United States House Committee on Armed Services

External links

• Senate Armed Services Committee
• Department of Defense
  • Department of the Air Force
  • Department of the Army
  • Department of the Navy
• Armed Forces Retirement Home
• Selected Service System

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