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New HASC Leadership Eyes Subcommittee Changes

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Friday, January 14th, 2011

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By Carlo Munoz The newly empowered Republican leadership on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) are mulling changes to the jurisdictional structure of the panel's subcommittees to make the group more responsive to national defense priorities, according to a senior House lawmaker. Those changes, if enacted by the legislative body, would not only put the committee in a better position to assess the demands of the warfighter, but also exercise improved oversight on many big-ticket Pentagon procurement programs, Rep. Todd Akin…

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