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Congressman Mike Turner commended the choice of Dr. Todd I Stewart to be the new Director and Chancellor of the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Stewart, who retired as a Major General of the Air Force in 2002, previously served as the Director of Plans and Programs at Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patt. Turner, along with Sen. Rob Portman, has introduced H.R. 1999, a bill which would designate criteria for the leadership at AFIT.

Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Michael Turner today asked the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to account for how much taxpayer money the federal government spent to test LightSquared's wireless network for interference with government telecommunications devices.

Grassley and Turner are concerned that the federal government spent millions of dollars on testing, and that the government might never recover the expenditure because LightSquared and its parent company, Harbinger Capital Partners, are in deep financial trouble, according to media reports.

Congressman Mike Turner and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, commended the White House today for commissioning a study on governance of the national laboratories. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has tasked the Institute for Defense Analyses' Science and Technology Policy Institute to study various governance structures for the labs and provide recommendations for ensuring the labs are prepared to address future national security challenges.

Congressmen Mike Turner (OH-3) and Rob Andrews (NJ-1) have sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, requesting his support for protecting the child custody rights of our men and women in uniform. The lawmakers were joined by every member of the House Armed Services Committee in supporting the request. Legislative language addressing this issue has passed the House of Representatives on six separate occasions.

Congressman Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, wrote to the president today, requesting an "urgent explanation of [his] comments to President Medvedev in Seoul this morning." The president had stated that "this is my last election, and after my election I'll have more flexibility," in regards to missile defense in Europe.

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3) announced his annual U.S. Service Academy Day. The event, which will take place on April 21^st, is an opportunity for students and parents from the Third Congressional District to learn more about our nation's service academies. Representatives from the United States Army (West Point), Navy, Merchant Marine, Air Force, and Coast Guard academies will be on hand to provide attendees with information on the general requirements and qualifications for the nomination process.

Congressman Mike Turner (OH-3), Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, introduced the NATO Enhancement Act of 2012. Companion legislation to Sen. Dick Lugar's bill (S.2177), it would add to previous bills where Congress has expressed support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) eastward expansion and designated former communist countries as eligible for U.S. assistance to become NATO members. In addition, the proposed legislation reaffirms NATO's role as a nuclear alliance and calls on the Administration to seek further allied contributions to a NATO territorial missile defense capability.