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Friend, For too long, the three regimes of Iran, Russia, and North Korea have continuously threatened the peace and human rights of their neighbors and undermined American national security and democracy. That’s why I voted for the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (H.R. 3364), ...

Wenstrup Statement on President Trump’s Afghanistan Announcement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brad Wenstrup (OH-02), Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee and Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump’s speech on American action in Afghanistan: “I support President Tru...

Top 10 Things to Know About the NDAA

Friend – One of the biggest pieces of bipartisan legislation to be consistently passed in Congress – the annual defense policy bill or National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) -- just passed the House today, with my support. This is big news for our national defense. This bill represents a down-pay...

34 years later...

Friend – This week, we’re debating the annual defense policy bill, the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA, on the House floor. As we do, these words spoken by President Ronald Reagan 34 years ago still ring true. “We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only inv...

Q&A: Resourcing our military

Friend, Right now, all the members of the House Armed Services Committee will begin reviewing our annual defense funding bill, National Defense Authorization Act or “NDAA.” Watch here. Our mission: to fully fund our military's urgent needs, invest in our long-term security, and ensure our servicemem...

POLITICO Pro Q&A: Rep. Brad Wenstrup

Brad Wenstrup is just wrapping up his second term in the House, but he's quickly emerged as one of the chief critics of the Obama administration's push to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. For the Republican congressman from Ohio whowas posted with the Army at Abu Ghraib priso...