Chronological coverage of every Litigation Logic post tagged Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Jun 4, 2026Intelligence
HASC Amendment Would Force Pentagon to Justify Senior Officer Removals Within Five Days
Dispatch Washington · June 4, 2026 The House Armed Services Committee voted unanimously on June 4 to adopt an amendment to the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act that would require the secretary of defense to inform Cong…
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Jun 4, 2026Intelligence
INARA Poses Legal Constraint on Trump’s Iran Agreement Authority
Dispatch Washington · June 4, 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio committed before a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing to comply with the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, a statute originally enacted to constrain executiv…
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Jun 4, 2026Intelligence
Trump Names Housing Official Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence
Dispatch Washington · June 4, 2026 President Donald Trump on June 3 named Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte to serve as acting Director of National Intelligence, bypassing the career official who had been designated for …
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Jun 4, 2026Intelligence
KMT Chair Cheng Li-wun Arrives in U.S. as Taiwan Arms Sale Hangs in Limbo
Dispatch Washington · June 4, 2026 Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT), the island's largest opposition party, has held that role since November 2025. She arrived in San Francisco on June 1 as the head of a KMT delegati…
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May 28, 2026Intelligence
GOP Hawks Break With Trump Over Iran Peace Framework, Demand Senate Ratification
Dispatch Washington · May 28, 2026 The United States and Iran are in active negotiations toward a framework agreement that would end roughly three months of armed conflict, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and initiate a separate 60-day wind…
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May 23, 2026Intelligence
Rubio Cites Measured Progress in U.S.-Iran Talks as Pakistan and Qatar Converge on Tehran
Dispatch Washington · May 23, 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on May 22 that U.S.-Iran negotiations had produced incremental movement, while stopping well short of declaring a deal within reach. "There's been some prog…
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May 18, 2026Intelligence
Poland Sends Senior Defense Officials to Washington After Abrupt US Troop Cancellation
Dispatch Washington · May 18, 2026 Poland dispatched two deputy defense ministers to Washington this week to demand an explanation after the Pentagon canceled a planned rotational deployment of 4,000 U.S. troops to the country. The Penta…
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May 17, 2026Intelligence
Pentagon Cancels Poland Deployment as Congress Demands Answers
Dispatch Washington · May 17, 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth canceled the planned nine-month rotation of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division to Poland this week, halting the overseas movement of more than 4,000…
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
CENTCOM Commander Concedes Iran Retains Strike Capability Despite Administration Claims
Dispatch Washington · May 16, 2026 U.S. Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 14 that Iran retains residual military capability even as the Trump administration has publicly ch…
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
Eastern NATO Allies Compete to Absorb U.S. Forces Leaving Germany
Dispatch Washington · May 16, 2026 The Pentagon announced May 1 that it will withdraw approximately 5,000 troops from Germany within the next six to 12 months, a decision Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Sean Parnell framed as following "a th…
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
Pentagon Drawdown From Germany Draws Bipartisan Congressional Fire
Dispatch Washington · May 16, 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the withdrawal of approximately 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany on May 2, with Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell stating the decision follows “a thorough review of th…
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May 2, 2026Intelligence
Trump Invokes Ceasefire to Declare Iran Hostilities Terminated at War Powers Deadline
President Donald Trump notified Congress on May 1 that hostilities with Iran "have terminated," asserting that a ceasefire in place since April 7 satisfied the requirements of the War Powers Resolution of 1973 and eliminated the need for…
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May 1, 2026Intelligence
Hegseth Claims Iran Ceasefire Suspends War Powers Deadline, Democrats Dispute Legal Basis
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 30 that the administration's current ceasefire with Iran has frozen the 60-day clock under the War Powers Resolution of 1973, a legal position that Democrat…