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Parent topics

• U.S. Senate [r]: The upper house of the United States Congress. ^[e]
• U.S. Department of Defense [r]: The military forces of the United States and their supporting civil servants. ^[e]

Subtopics

Leaders

• Carl Levin [r]: U.S. Senator (D-Michigan); Chairman, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee; member ex officio, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ^[e]
• John McCain [r]: (1936–) Republican Senator from Arizona (1986–) and the Republican presidential candidate in 2008; ranking minority member, Senate Armed Services Committee; member ex officio, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction ^[e]

Committees

• Airland Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Emerging threats and capabilities Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Personnel Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Seapower Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Strategic Forces Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee [r]: Add brief definition or description

Members

• Robert Byrd [r]: U.S. Senator (D-West Virginia); Senate Armed Services Committee ^[e]
• Joseph Lieberman [r]: Independent U.S. Senator from Connecticut, who caucuses with the Senate Democrats; Chair, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Senate Armed Services Committee; honorary co-chairman, Committee on the Present Danger; leadership council, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Moderate Dems Working Group ^[e]
• Jack Reed [r]: A U.S. Senator Democrat from Rhode Island, Senate Armed Services Committee; Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; strongly liberal, a former Army Ranger consistently opposed to the Iraq War but supportive of troops; Aspen Strategy Group, Aspen Institute; considered a housing expert ^[e]
• Daniel Akaka [r]: U.S. Senator (D-Hawaii); Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Senate Armed Services Committee; Executive board, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus ^[e]
• Bill Nelson [r]: Senator, D-Florida, Senate Committee on Finance; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence;Moderate Dems Working Group ^[e]
• Ben Nelson [r]: U.S. Senator, (D-Nebraska); Senate Committee on Agriculture; Senate Committee on Appropriations; Senate Armed Services Committee; Senate Committee on Rules and Administration; Moderate Dems Working Group ^[e]
• Evan Bayh [r]: U.S. Senator, (D-Indiana), who made an unexpected 2010 announcement he would not run for reelection, frustrated with Congress; Senate Committees on Armed Services; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Energy and Natural Resources, Small Business and Entrepreneurship; Intelligence, Aging; Chair, Democratic Leadership Council (DLC); Moderate Dems Working Group ^[e]
• Jim Webb [r]: U.S. Senator (D-Virginia); Senate Armed Services Committee; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs; Joint Economic Committee; Secretary of the Navy in the Ronald Reagan administration; United States Naval Academy graduate and U.S. Marine Corps officer decorated for combat in the Vietnam War ^[e]
• Claire McCaskill [r]: U.S. Senator, (D-Missouri), Senate Committee on Armed Services; Senate Committee on Commerce, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs (HSGAC): Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight; Senate Select Committee on Aging; Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Moderate Dems Working Group ^[e]
• Mark Udall [r]: U.S. Senator, (D-Colorado), Senate Armed Services Committee, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: chair, National Parks Subcommittee, Senate Special Committee on Aging; Moderate Dems Working Group; Congressional Internet Caucus; cousin of Sen. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) ^[e]
• Kay Hagan [r]: U.S. Senator, (D-North Carolina), Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Senate Armed Services Committee; Moderate Dems Working Group ^[e]
• Mark Begich [r]: U.S. Senator, (D-Alaska), Senate Committee on Science, Commerce and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation,Subcommittee on Communications, Subcommittee on Competiveness, Innovation, and U.S. Export Promotion, Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation; Senate Armed Services Committee: Subcommittee on AirLand, Subcommittee on Personnel,Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, Senate Armed Services Committee; Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs; Moderate Dems Working Group ^[e]
• Roland Burris [r]: U.S. Senator (D-Illinois); Senate Armed Services Committee, Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Committee on Veterans Affairs; appointed to fill the seat vacated by Barack Obama ^[e]
• Paul Kirk [r]: U.S. Senator (D-Massachusetts); Senate Armed Services Committee ^[e]
• James Inhofe [r]: U.S. Senator (R-Oklahoma); Senate Armed Services Committee ^[e]
• Jeff Sessions [r]: U.S. Senator (R-Alabama); Ranking minority member, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Senate Armed Services Committee; especially conservative on financial matters ^[e]
• Saxby Chambliss [r]: U.S. Senator (R-Georgia); Senate Armed Services Committee; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ^[e]
• Lindsey Graham [r]: U.S. Senator (R-South Carolina); Senate Armed Services Committee; U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary ^[e]
• John Thune [r]: (born January 7, 1961) United States Senator (Republican) from South Dakota; first elected to the Senate in 2004; Senate Armed Services Committee; Senate Committee on Agriculture: Ranking member, Energy, Science and Technology subcommittee ^[e]
• Roger Wicker [r]: U.S. Senator (R-Mississippi); Senate Armed Services Committee; U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ^[e]
• George LeMieux [r]: U.S. Senator (R-Florida); Senate Armed Services Committee ^[e]
• Richard Burr [r]: U.S. Senator (R-North Carolina); Senate Armed Services Committee; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Congressional Internet Caucus ^[e]
• David Vitter [r]: U.S. Senator (R-Louisiana); Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Senate Armed Services Committee ^[e]
• Susan Collins [r]: U.S. Senator (R-Maine); Senate Armed Services Committee; Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Senate Committee on Appropriations; Senate Special Committee on Aging; Aspen Strategy Group, Aspen Institute ^[e]

Other related topics

• U.S. House Armed Services Committee [r]: In the U.S. House of Representatives, the body concerned with legislation for, and oversight of, military forces ^[e]