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September 29, 2009
Congressman Turner on WLW
On Wednesday, September 30, radio talk show host Bill Cunningham interviews Rep. Turner on the Obama Administration's plan to abandon the European Ballistic Missile Defense system, and the health care reform debate.
September 29, 2009
Ten months into the new Administration, the federal government is not only borrowing and spending unprecedented amounts of money, it is also pursuing a course of economic dominance. A September 14 story in The New York Times put it bluntly: "…the government is the nation's biggest lender, insurer, automaker and guarantor against risk for investors large and small."
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According to news accounts, the Treasury Department isn't ruling out keeping the federal government's bailout program going beyond its one-year authorization.September 28, 2009
September 24, 2009
September 23, 2009
On Wednesday, September 23, 2009, Congressman Mike Turner discussed a wide range of issues on the Bucks Braun program including health care reform, Afghanistan, the Obama Administration abandoning the European missile defense system and his child custody legislation for military parents.
September 22, 2009
Congressman Turner on WBZI radio's Bucks Braun Morning Show
On Wednesday, September 23, 2009, Congressman Mike Turner discussed a wide range of issues on the Bucks Braun program including health care reform, Afghanistan, the Obama Administration abandoning the European missile defense system and his child custody legislation for military parents.
September 21, 2009
President Obama's decision to scrap a long-planned European-based missile defense shield was not only met with concern among our European allies, but more importantly, has sounded alarms here at home where the president's action would leave the nation vulnerable to Iranian long-range missile attack.
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President Obama's decision to scrap a long-planned European-based missile defense shield was not only met with concern among our European allies, but more importantly, has sounded alarms here at home where the president's action would leave the nation vulnerable to Iranian long-range m
September 20, 2009
The focus of my remarks this morning is to provide a congressional perspective on missile defense; my reactions to recent missile defense decisions by the Obama Administration, including its announcement to scrap plans to deploy missile defense assets in Poland and the Czech Republic; and the implications of such decisions.
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Opening Remarks
Honorable Michael Turner
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
House Armed Services Committee
September 17, 2009
U.S. Representative Michael R. Turner, Ranking Member on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, charged the Obama administration's proposed new missile defense program with potentially leaving the United States vulnerable to an Iranian ICBM attack for a period of five years.
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U.S. Representative Michael R.
September 16, 2009
U.S. Representative Michael R. Turner today sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates requesting that a July 2008 report on the cost effectiveness of the planned European missile defense system be declassified. Since the Obama Administration's decision to cancel the proposed system based on cost effectiveness is contrary to the recommendations of this report, Rep. Turner believes it is essential that the report be declassified for a robust debate on how best to deploy a missile defense system to protect the U.S. and its allies.
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U.S. Representative Michael R.