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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.The committee is highly influential.
The Committee is chaired by Democrat Carl Levin of Michigan, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican John McCain, of Arizona. Formal organization of the committee will take place once the Senate adopts a resolution setting membership and committee ratios for the 111th Congress.
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Minority |
- Carl Levin, Chairman, Michigan
- Edward Kennedy, Massachusetts
- Robert Byrd, West Virginia
- Joseph Lieberman, Connecticut[1]
- Jack Reed, Rhode Island
- Daniel Akaka, Hawaii
- Bill Nelson, Florida
- Ben Nelson, Nebraska
- Evan Bayh, Indiana
- Jim Webb, Virginia
- Claire McCaskill, Missouri
- Kay Hagan, North Carolina
- Mark Udall, Colorado
- Mark Begich, Alaska
- Roland Burris, Illinois
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- John McCain, Ranking Member, Arizona
- James Inhofe, Oklahoma
- Jeff Sessions, Alabama
- Susan Collins, Maine
- Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
- Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
- John Thune, South Dakota
- Mel Martinez, Florida
- Roger Wicker, Mississippi
- Richard Burr, North Carolina
- David Vitter, Louisiana
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Source: 2009 Congressional Record, Vol. 155, Page S729 and S730.
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| Committee on Military Affairs, 1816-1947 |
Committee on Naval Affairs, 1816-1947 |
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[edit] Committee on Armed Services, 1947-present
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- ^ Joe Lieberman is an Indpendent Democrat, but caucuses with Democrats on the committee.
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