Read more Senate Armed Services Committee stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/24694/senate-armed-services-committee.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:35:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74166/hasan-sought-to-turn-in-patients-for-war-crimes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMaj. Nidal Malik Hasan repeatedly tried to have his patients prosecuted for “war crimes,” raising the issue with Army authorities a final time on Nov. 2—just 3 days before the Fort Hood massacre. In a breach of doctor-patient confidentiality, Hasan asked superiors if he could legally pass along information...http://www.newser.com/story/74166/hasan-sought-to-turn-in-patients-for-war-crimes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 16:25:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71574/obama-looks-to-lieberman-to-lead-dont-ask-repeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter President Obama's pledge this weekend to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the White House turned immediately to key senators on the Armed Services Committee—in particular Joe Lieberman. A House bill to repeal the policy has 177 sponsors, but the White House is eager for Senate legislation with bipartisan...http://www.newser.com/story/71574/obama-looks-to-lieberman-to-lead-dont-ask-repeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 7:39:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69157/afghanistan-push-meets-resistance-from-democrats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSupport for the war in Afghanistan is dwindling among Democrats as President Obama mulls increasing US involvement in the region, the New York Times reports. Ahead of an expected request for more troops from the US commander in the country, the chair of the Senate armed services committee says he’s...http://www.newser.com/story/69157/afghanistan-push-meets-resistance-from-democrats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 9:14:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65416/dont-ask-dont-tell-will-get-senate-hearing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate Armed Services Committee will convene a fall hearing to examine the US military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy governing gay service members, the Albany Times Union reports. Chairman Carl Levin agreed to hold the hearings at the encouragement of New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has been pushing...http://www.newser.com/story/65416/dont-ask-dont-tell-will-get-senate-hearing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 15:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63823/detainees-once-acquitted-may-still-die-at-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDetainees held at Guantanamo Bay and other military prisons may not be freed even if a US commission acquits them of all charges, an Obama administration official testified yesterday. The Defense Department rep told a Senate committee that detainees would be assessed on an individual basis and that prisoners might...http://www.newser.com/story/63823/detainees-once-acquitted-may-still-die-at-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 6:18:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56814/us-readied-waterboarding-as-early-as-2001.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Bush administration prepared to use waterboarding and other harsh tactics widely considered to be torture 8 months before the Justice Department approved them, and even before capturing a high-level terrorist suspect, the Washington Post reports. A Senate investigation reveals these brutal interrogation methods were approved despite warnings that they...http://www.newser.com/story/56814/us-readied-waterboarding-as-early-as-2001.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Apr 2009 6:40:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54995/afghan-insurgency-growing-stronger-petraeus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGen. David Petraeus said today that militant insurgents in Afghanistan are growing in strength but will be fought "relentlessly and aggressively" by bolstered American troops. During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, the commander of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan said the United States would take the fight to...http://www.newser.com/story/54995/afghan-insurgency-growing-stronger-petraeus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Apr 2009 11:45:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31414/gitmo-torture-modeled-on-chinese-grilling-of-us-pows.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGuantanamo Bay interrogators learned their techniques from Chinese Communists who used them on American POWs in the Korean War, the New York Times reports. A 1957 Air Force chart labeled Communist Coercive Methods for Eliciting Individual Compliance detailed methods like prolonged standing and exposure to cold, and was used as...http://www.newser.com/story/31414/gitmo-torture-modeled-on-chinese-grilling-of-us-pows.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Jul 2008 3:37:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30287/cia-gave-pentagon-torture-tips.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe CIA gave the Pentagon advice about the legality of harsh interrogation techniques to be used on detainees at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere, the Washington Post reports. Documents shown to a Senate committee yesterday reveal that the agency had a bigger role than first thought. Torture is "subject to perception,...http://www.newser.com/story/30287/cia-gave-pentagon-torture-tips.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Jun 2008 8:06:24 CDT