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REPUBLICAN MEMBERS:

Strom Thurmond, SC--Chairman

John Warner, VA
Bill Cohen, ME
John McCain, AZ
Trent Lott, MS
Dan Coats, IN
Bob Smith, NH
Dirk Kempthorne, ID
Kay Bailey Hutchinson, TX
Jim Inhofe, OK
Rick Santorum, PA

DEMOCRAT MEMBERS:

Sam Nunn, GA--Ranking minority member

James Exon, NE
Carl Levin, MI
Ted Kennedy, MA
Jeff Bingaman, NM
John Glenn, OH
Robert C. Byrd, WV
Chuck Robb, VA
Joseph Lieberman, CT
Richard H. Bryan, NV

DESCRIPTION

(1) The Committee on Armed Services deals with:

1. Aeronautical and space activities peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations.
2. Common defense.
3. Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, generally.
4. Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, including administration, sanitation, and government of the Canal Zone.
5. Military research and development.
6. National security aspects of nuclear energy.
7. Naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska.
8. Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of members of the Armed Forces, including overseas education of civilian and military dependents.
9. Selective service system.
10. Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense.

SUBCOMMITTEES

AIR AND LAND FORCES
ACQUISITION AND TECHNOLOGY
PERSONNEL
READINESS
SEA POWER
STRATEGIC FORCES