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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]: one of more than a dozen U.S. executive-managed government agencies; this one administers the military forces of the United States, and their supporting civil servants. ^[e]

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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]

Commitees

• Airland Subcommittee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Emerging threats and capabilities Subcommittee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Personnel Subcommittee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Seapower Subcommittee [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Strategic Forces Subcommittee [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 (U.S. state)); 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]: Add brief definition or description
• Mark Begich [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Roland Burris [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Paul Kirk [r]: Add brief definition or description
• James Inhofe [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Jeff Sessions [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Saxby Chambliss [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Lindsey Graham [r]: Add brief definition or description
• John Thune [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Roger Wicker [r]: Add brief definition or description
• George LeMieux [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Richard Burr [r]: Add brief definition or description
• David Vitter [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Susan Collins [r]: Add brief definition or description