It is six months into the Iran war and there are mounting questions over how President Trump will find a way out. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), member of the House Armed Services Committee, joins Peter Alexander to share his thoughts on Trump's handling of the conflict.
Rep. Jason Crow, an Army veteran who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, joins MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss Donald Trump’s lack of a strategy for ending his war in Iran.
Rep. Jason Crow, an Army veteran who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, joins MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss Donald Trump’s lack of a strategy for ending his war in Iran and what Rep. Crow calls the “incompetence” of the Trump administration for putting service members, like the 5,000 aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, at risk.
A top U.S. commander acknowledged reports of low morale and disturbing conditions aboard the USS Lincoln. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, joins Peter Alexander to discuss the latest developments from the Middle East.
The move was approved during the panel's mark-up of its 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which passed out of committee late Wednesday night in a 18-9 split.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is back on Capitol Hill Thursday morning to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget and the administration’s operation in Iran and blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. The hearing comes a day after he faced heat in the House over the Middle East conflict as it nears the 60-day mark, recent leadership firings and $400 million in withheld funds for Ukraine. The event is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. EDT.
A ranking member on the Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., joins NewsNation to discuss the Democrats' rhetoric of the war with Iran and President Trump's address to the nation. "On Balance with Leland Vittert" takes a critical look at some of the day's hottest subjects.
During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, the commander of U.S. European Command and supreme allied commander Europe said the U.S. military's relationship with its NATO partners throughout the region remains strong.