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SASC Names Subcommittees Leaders, Including Kelly And Duckworth As New Chairs

SASC Names Subcommittees Leaders, Including Kelly And Duckworth As New Chairs
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The Senate Armed Services Committee announced its subcommittee rosters on Tuesday, to include two first-time chairs in new Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) leading the Emerging Threats and Capabilities panel and Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) chairing the Airland subcommittee. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) will also serve as the new leader of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, succeeding Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), who left to serve on the Senate Appropriations Committee. King served as the Airland Subcommittee chairman in the last Congress. Sen.…

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