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March 22, 2012
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (WA-09) made the following statement following today's meeting with Army leaders at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith (WA-09) made the following statement following today's meeting with Army leaders at Joint Base
March 21, 2012
Today, we celebrate World Water Day and the 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act (CWA) which Congress passed in 1972 to "restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters."
March 21, 2012
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants Program
March 21, 2012
Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) made the following statement in response to the Department of Interior's announcement that it would move forward in awarding 17 grants totaling $2.9 million to preserve and interpret confinement sites around the country where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were detained during World War II
March 12, 2012
Recent successes have paved the way for a withdrawal from Afghanistan. President Obama has aggressively prosecuted the war against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Osama Bin Laden is dead, many of al-Qaeda's senior leadership have been incapacitated, and the Taliban has been beaten back and significantly degraded.
These are significant achievements, and they have created time and space for the Afghan National Security Force to develop. At some point, full responsibility has to be turned over to the Afghan people.
These are significant achievements, and they have created time and space for the Afghan National Security Force to develop. At some point, full responsibility has to be turned over to the Afghan people.
March 11, 2012
Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) made the following statement in response to the U.S.
March 8, 2012
March 7, 2012
The Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09), and Senator Mark Udall (CO), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence committees, unveiled legislation at a press conference today to ensure that any individual detained on U.S.
March 7, 2012
March 6, 2012
Each week, Congressman Adam Smith will answer your questions in Tacoma Weekly. To submit questions and read past responses, visitTacoma Weekly online. Here is this week's question submitted by a reader for that ongoing effort: