WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations released the following testimony by Ryan A. Busby, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for financial operations, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "DoW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches." DoW is the U.S. Department of War. * * * Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member Mfume, and distinguished members, thank you for this opportunity to testify before you today r  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations released the following written testimony by Asif A. Khan, director of financial management and assurance at the Government Accountability Office, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "DoW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches." DoW is the U.S. Department of War. * * * Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member Mfume, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the oppor  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations released the following written testimony by Asif A. Khan, director of financial management and assurance at the Government Accountability Office, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "DoW Financial Management: Examining Progress and New Audit Approaches." DoW is the U.S. Department of War. * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) As discussed earlier in this statement, DOD financial management has  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Brock Dahl, President Trump's nominee to be the legal adviser to the U.S. Department of State, from a May 20, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished Members of the committee. It is the privilege of a lifetime to appear today as the President's nominee to be the Legal Adviser to the Department of State. I want to thank President Trump and Secretar  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Air Force Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson, commander of the U.S. Africa Command, from a May 14, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and members of the Committee, United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) is guided by the 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) to protect the homeland, advance U.S. interests, and respond to crises across Africa. We work with our Afric  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Eric Wendt, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Albania, from a May 20, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, Members of the Committee: I am honored and grateful to President Trump and Secretary Rubio for the trust placed in me with this nomination for the position of U.S. Ambassador to Albania. For over thirty-four years I served the United Stat  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by David Brat, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Australia, from a May 20, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. It is an honor to be nominated as United States Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia. President Trump and Secretary Rubio have c  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Michael Kavoukjian, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Norway, from a May 20, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and Members of the Committee: I am honored to appear before you as the nominee for United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway. I am deeply grateful to President Trump for the trust he has placed in me with this nomination. If  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following testimony by Michelle Park Steel, President Trump's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, from a May 20, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen, and honorable Members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. It is the honor of a lifetime to be President Trump's nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea. I am deeply grateful  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities released the following testimony by Army Lt. Gen. Lawrence G. Ferguson, commanding general of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, from a May 12, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget: * * * Chairwoman Ernst, Ranking Member Slotkin, and distinguished Members of the Sub-Committee, thank you for the opportunity to represent the over 36,000 men and women of The United States Army Special Opera  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Navy Adm. Charles B. Cooper II, commander of the U.S. Central Command, from a May 14, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Events in the Central Region have shown how quickly the course of history can change. Decades-old features of the strategic landscape, once thought immutable, have been upended. Since 1979, the Iranian regime has terrorized the region. Its network of proxies expl  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities released the following testimony by Marine Corps Major Gen. Peter D. Huntley, commander of the U.S. Marine Forces Special Operations Command, from a May 12, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget: * * * Chair Ernst, Ranking Member Slotkin, and distinguished committee members, thank you for the opportunity to present the posture and future vision of Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities released the following testimony by Navy Rear Adm. Walter H. Allman III, commander of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command, from a May 12, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget: * * * Chairwoman Ernst, Ranking Member Slotkin, and distinguished members of this subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the posture of our Nation's Naval Special Warfare (NSW) force at this pivotal mom  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities released the following testimony by Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael E. Conley, commander of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, from a May 12, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget: * * * Chairwoman Ernst, Ranking Member Slotkin, and distinguished members, it is my profound honor to represent the more than 21,000 Air Commandos of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). I cannot think  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following written testimony by Danielle M. Petrak, curator of the Watts Museum at the West Virginia University Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "America 250: Industrialization and the Rise of Small Manufacturers": * * * My name is Danielle Petrak, and I am the curator of the Watts Museum, an industrial history museum in the Statler College of En  more