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This morning, I appeared on Fox and Friends to talk about my concerns over military action in Syria. I am in Washington today to receive a classified briefing from the Administration on their proposed military response. I strongly believe the President has failed to make the case to the American people. There are significant risks to launching an attack on Syria and we don't know who we are fighting for. The President has mishandled this situation from the very beginning and shown a complete lack of leadership with his imaginary redline. I will not support any funding request for an attack until the President acts to remove the burdens of sequestration from our military.
WASHINGTON — The House passed a nearly $600 billion defense-spending bill yesterday that included several measures aimed at keeping the Defense Department from furloughing civilian employees during the next fiscal year.
The House defense appropriations bill includes at least three amendments aimed at barring the federal government from using any money to implement Defense Department furloughs.
Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, appeared on FOX News' America's News Headquarters today to call on the Obama Administration to answer significant questions as to what happened at the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya:
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U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, joined a group of lawmakers seeking to block the possibility of furloughs for defense employees next year.
The United States should help our European allies to diversify their energy sources, specifically natural gas, easing their dependence on unfriendly or unstable regions and regimes, from Russia to North Africa and the Middle East.
Increasing Europe's energy security will strengthen U.S. security partnerships, bolster our national security, help our economy and create job opportunities here at home.
Turner, who is Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, discussed the furloughs that went into effect Monday for more than 10,000 Department of Defense civilian employees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, took to the House Floor today to call on the Senate and President Obama to come to the table and find a solution to the devastating effects of sequestration. Yesterday, over 14,000 Department of Defense civilian employees were furloughed in Turner's community. Turner, in his floor speech, highlighted the ripple effect on businesses and families in southwest Ohio.
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Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, joined Bloomberg's 'In the Loop' with Betty Liu to talk about NSA leaker Edward Snowden, the crisis in Egypt, and the effects of sequestration furloughs on Department of Defense civilian employees:
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