Murray Statement on the Confirmation of Leon Panetta
June 21, 2011
(Washington, D.C.) — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) voted to confirm Leon E. Panetta as the next Secretary of Defense. Panetta was confirmed by
Patty Murray’s Afghan question to Robert Gates: What about the human cost of war?”
June 17, 2011
Most of the testimony on defense spending yesterday at the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing in D.C. focused on Barack Obama’s planned 2012 Afghanistan drawdown,
AFGHANISTAN: Senator Murray Questions Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen on the Costs of the War to Wounded Warriors and their Families
June 15, 2011
Listen to the exchange | Watch the exchange (Washington, D.C.) — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) asked Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and
Concern grows over ‘epidemic’ veteran suicide rate
May 26, 2011
WASHINGTON – With veterans now accounting for one of every five suicides in the nation, the Department of Veterans Affairs is under pressure
AFTER WALTER REED: Chairman Murray Hears First-Hand Accounts from Veterans, Examines Problems Surrounding Suicides, Prosthetics, and Coordination that Remain Four Years After Scandal
May 25, 2011
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Patty Murray heard from veterans and top VA and Pentagon officials about challenges that remain
