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Congressional Task Force on CENTCOM Releases Initial Report

A Congressional joint task force (JTF) investigating allegations of intelligence manipulation at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) released an initial report today detailing persistent problems in 2014 and 2015 with CENTCOM analysis of U.S. efforts to train the Iraqi Security Forces and combat the so-c...

Wenstrup Comments on Release of House Benghazi Committee Report

Congressman Brad Wenstrup (OH-2), member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement in response to the final report released by the House Select Committee on Benghazi: “From the very beginning, the task of the House Select Committee on Benghazi has been t...

Wenstrup Comments on Terrorist Attack in Orlando

Congressman Brad Wenstrup (OH-2), member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement in response to the terrorist attack in Orlando: “Early Sunday morning we experienced the worst mass shooting in our nation’s history, carried out by a faithful follower ...

Wenstrup Comments on Terror Attacks in Belgium

Congressman Brad Wenstrup (OH-2), member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement in response to the terror attacks in Belgium: “The world stands in solidarity with Belgium against these violent and cowardly attacks. But it must also stand in solidari...

Wenstrup on Plan to Transfer Guantanamo Detainees to American Soil

Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement on the President’s plan to close the Guantanamo Bay Prison Facility and transfer detainees to the United States: “The law is clear; the Pres...

Wenstrup: DOE Abandons our Nuclear Capabilities

Despite repeated efforts to fund the American Centrifuge Project, the Department of Energy has decided to go against Congress and not spend the funds allocated for the program. Congressman Brad Wenstrup, who represents the current site and workforce, called the move a long term national security con...