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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) and ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) talk during a hearing about the current and future worldwide threats to the security of the United States on... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: Chairman U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (L-MI) (L) and U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (R) hear testimony from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, February 14, 2012 in... View Photo »
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , center, speaks with Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn. , left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, prior to start of the committee's hearing on the Pentagon's budget. View Photo »
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, joined by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, to testify before the committee's hearing on the Pentagon's budget plan. View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 26: Sen. Tom Coburn (L) (R-OK) and Sen. Carl Levin (R) (D-MI) confer before a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee January 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on the... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (R) questions Defense Secretary Leon Panetta while Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) listens during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on November 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 21: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) takes questions during a program at the Council on Foreign Relations October 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. Levin spoke about the challenges facing U.S. armed forces... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 21: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) addresses the Council on Foreign Relations October 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. Levin spoke about the challenges facing U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan and said... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) questions U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (2nd L) while Chairman U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (2nd R) and U.S.Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) talk during a Senate Small Business and... View Photo »
FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2011 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. , ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The government's promise of life-time health care for the military's men and women is... View Photo »
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , right, walks with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. , left, as they arrive at the Capitol for the vote on President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs bill, which is expected to fail in the Democrat-controlled Senate at the Capitol in... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI), holds up a paper while talking about some U.S. companies recieving large tax breaks, during a news conference on Capitol Hill, On October 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Sen.... View Photo »
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , talks to reporters after the Senate vote on a short term funding bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 26 2011. View Photo »
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen (C) are greeted by Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin (D-MI), at a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington September 22,... View Photo »
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: (L-R) U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen greet committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) before a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee September... View Photo »
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, center, share a laugh with Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, prior to testifying... View Photo »
US Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine (C) holds up an anonymous postcard she received from a gay member of the US military's experience serving without their fellow soldiers knowing their true identity and thanking her for her service, alongside... View Photo »
Senate Democrats, from left, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , and Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md. , emerge from a closed door caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, as lawmakers work to help finalize the debt deal agreed... View Photo »
US Democratic Senator from Michigan Carl Levin speaks to reporters after a vote at the Capitol in Washington on July 31, 2011. With two days to act, President Barack Obama and his top Republican foes were closing in on a nearly $3-trillion accord to... View Photo »
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (L)(D-MI) and Ranking Republican John McCain (R-AZ) confer during the confirmation hearing of U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in... View Photo »
Carl Milton Levin (born June 28, 1934) is a Democratic United States Senator from Michigan and is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. He has been in the Senate since 1979 and Michigan's senior senator since 1995. He is the longest-serving US Senator ever to represent Michigan, reelected for a 6th term in the Senate in 2008. Full Article
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , center, speaks with Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn. , left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, prior to start of the committee's hearing on the Pentagon's budget. At right is the committee's...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) and ranking member Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) talk during a hearing about the current and future worldwide threats to the security of the United States on Capitol Hill February 16, 2012 in...
View Photo »Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, joined by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, to testify before the committee's hearing on the Pentagon's budget plan.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 26: Sen. Tom Coburn (L) (R-OK) and Sen. Carl Levin (R) (D-MI) confer before a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee January 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on the topic of 'Taxation of Mutual Fund...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 21: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) addresses the Council on Foreign Relations October 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. Levin spoke about the challenges facing U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan and said that the Pakistan-based Haqqani...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (L) questions U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (2nd L) while Chairman U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) (2nd R) and U.S.Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) talk during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing...
View Photo »Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , right, walks with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. , left, as they arrive at the Capitol for the vote on President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs bill, which is expected to fail in the Democrat-controlled Senate at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI), holds up a paper while talking about some U.S. companies recieving large tax breaks, during a news conference on Capitol Hill, On October 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Sen. Levin released a Government Affairs...
View Photo »Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , talks to reporters after the Senate vote on a short term funding bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 26 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 22: (L-R) U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen greet committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) before a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee September 22, 2011 in Washington, DC. Panetta...
View Photo »U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (L)(D-MI) and Ranking Republican John McCain (R-AZ) confer during the confirmation hearing of U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 26, 2011. The nominee...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JULY 26: U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey (2nd R) and his wife Deanie (R) listen to committee chairman U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) prior to his confirmation hearing before Senate Armed Services Committee July 26, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Dempsey will become...
View Photo »Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , left, huddles with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, during the committee's hearing on the nomination of Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, President...
View Photo »Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. , smile as they talk to the media about the upcoming vote to confirm Leon Panetta as Secretary of Defense, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, June 14, 2011 in Washington.
View Photo »Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , left, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. , talk to the media about the Chinese government's failure to cooperate in an ongoing Senate Armed Services Committee investigation into counterfeit parts in the Department of Defense supply chain, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, June...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta (R) speaks with Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) during a break in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill June 9, 2011 in Washington, DC. Panetta has...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (R) questions Defense Secretary Leon Panetta while Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) listens during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on November 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on issues...
View Photo »Jordan's King Abdullah (C) speaks with US Senator Carl Levin (L), a Democrat from Michigan and Chairman of the Senate Armed Service Committee, and US Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona and the Committee's ranking member, prior to meetings with the Committee on Capitol Hill in...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 21: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) takes questions during a program at the Council on Foreign Relations October 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. Levin spoke about the challenges facing U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan and said that the...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 03: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (3rd L) heads to a meeting with Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta, who was briefing members of Congress about the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, at the U.S. Captiol May 3, 2011 in...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 2: Senate Armed Service Committee Chairman Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) (L) listens while Senate Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks to reporters in regards to the recent killing of Osama bin Laden on Capitol Hill May 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. Last night...
View Photo »Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , left, talks with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April, 12, 2011.
View Photo »Senate Democratic Senators (L-R) Carl Levin (Michigan), Barbara Boxer (California), Daniel Inouye (Hawaii), John Kerry (Massachusetts), Maria Cantwell (Washington) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio) gather to meet the media after Democrats met to discuss ongoing Congressional negotiations, as...
View Photo »Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, left, confers with President pro tempore of the Senate Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2011, after meeting of the Senate Democratic Caucus. From left are, Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis. , Levin, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. ,...
View Photo »Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, left, confers with President pro tempore of the Senate Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2011, after meeting of the Senate Democratic Caucus. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. is at center.
View Photo »Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. , center, speaks with Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn. , left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, prior to start of the committee's hearing on the Pentagon's budget. At right is the committee's...
View Photo »It's much more divisive than it's ever been ... I think the economy has something to do with it; it's harder in tough times. And the 24/7 news cycle demands people say something in a sharper, more simplistic way. That forces people into more extreme positions in order to get into the news cycle.
This bill was drafted in secret by Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) and passed in a closed-door committee meeting, without even a single hearing.
I got invitations from several students, and they were very persuasive ... I like to get a flavor of (students') interests, what they view as the challenges and their goals.
The worldwide indefinite detention without charge or trial provision is in S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act bill, which will be on the Senate floor on Monday. The bill was drafted in secret by Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) and passed in a closed-door committee meeti...
It would provide the assurance that we are not adversely affecting the rights of American citizens in this language
These provisions have been substantially modified as a result of extensive discussions with administration officials
The Supreme Court has ruled that citizens can be held
The Supreme Court has recently ruled there is no bar to the United States holding one of its own citizens as an enemy combatant
Should somebody when it's been determined ... to be a member of an enemy force who has come to this nation or is in this nation to attack us as a member of a foreign enemy, should that person be treated according to the laws of war? And the answer is yes
Civilian trials work. There is nothing in this provision that says civilian trials won't be used, even if it's determined that somebody is a member of al-Qaida
We can and must deal with the al-Qaida threat ... If it's determined that a person is a member of al-Qaida, then that person will be held in military detention; they are at war with us, folks.
We can and must deal with the al-Qaida threat ... If it's determined that a person is a member of al-Qaida, then that person will be held in military detention; they are at war with us, folks.
Civilian trials work. There is nothing in this provision that says civilian trials won't be used, even if it's determined that somebody is a member of al-Qaida
We are at war with al Qaeda and people determined to be part of al Qaeda should be treated as people who are at war with us
Without an agreement, there is no way this bill will pass
It is critically important to our men and women in uniform ... They deserve to have a defense authorization bill passed.
For months, I have warned that depending solely on spending cuts to address the deficit, without restoring revenue, would fail to achieve real deficit reduction while endangering important commitments to American families and the national defense. Today's announcement brings us one step closer to that f...
The idea of sequestration was to increase the pressure on all sides to compromise
