The Defense Department has announced plans to shut-down one of its 10 major military commands. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to eliminate the Joint Forces Command, a Hampton Roads-based command…
I can see no rational basis for dismantling JFCOM since its sole mission is to look for efficiencies and greater cost-savings by forcing more cooperation among sometimes competing military services,…
WASHINGTON ��� U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner announced today that the Army has accepted an offer from the Northern Virginia Technology Council to assess the information technology challenges at Arlington…
U.S. Sens. Jim Webb (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) announced today that Virginia has received more than $5.5 million in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grants for health…
WASHINGTON ��� U.S. Sens. Jim Webb (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) announced today that Virginia has received nearly $3 million in grants to upgrade runways and increase airport safety at…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs today passed S. 1619, the Livable Communities Act, which included two important amendments proposed by Senator Warner. The bill represents a…
WASHINGTON ��� U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following statement today regarding this week���s U.S. Senate vote to fund a national settlement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and…
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner today announced that a network of three community colleges will share a $1.2 million federal grant to provide nursing education in…
WASHINGTON ��� U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA) issued the following statement today on the upcoming Senate confirmation vote on Elena Kagan���s nomination to serve as an Associate Justice of…
Washington, DC���Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner today sent a letter requesting Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and General Services Administrator Martha Johnson re-evaluate plans to renovate the Roanoke Veterans…
WASHINGTON -- Sens. Jim Webb (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) announced today that Virginia has received nearly $5.5 million in grants to upgrade runways and purchase safety equipment at seven…
WASHINGTON ��� U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and George LeMieux (R-FL) successfully amended the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 during today���s Senate Commerce Committee meeting…