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Mike Rogers

Mike Rogers

Chair, House Armed Services Committee

Appears in 2 stories

Notable Quotes

The FY26 NDAA supports modernization and fundamentally reforms defense acquisition by cutting red tape.

At a time when global threats are rapidly evolving, it’s never been more important to have a ready, lethal, and capable fighting force.

It's done. I've got all the answers I needed.

Stories

House’s $900 billion defense bill ties troop raise, Ukraine aid and a boat-strike backlash

Rule Changes

Closed House Armed Services inquiry into boat strikes after viewing classified footage, declaring operation legal.

President Trump signed a nearly $901 billion defense bill into law on December 18, 2025, cementing the 65th consecutive year Congress has passed a National Defense Authorization Act. It delivers troops a 3.8% pay raise and locks in $800 million for Ukraine weapons over two years.

Updated 6 days ago

Pentagon orders U.S. troop withdrawal from Germany after Trump-Merz Iran rift

Force in Play

Publicly opposed; aligned with Wicker

U.S. troops have been stationed in Germany continuously since 1945. On May 1, 2026, the Pentagon began rolling back a piece of that posture: roughly 5,000 service members—about one in seven Americans currently in the country—will leave over the next 6 to 12 months, taking a full brigade with them. A long-range fires battalion that the U.S. had pledged to deploy at the 2024 NATO summit, designed to put deeper-strike weapons on alliance soil for the first time since the Cold War, was cancelled in the same order.

Updated May 2