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Roger Wicker

Roger Wicker

Chair, Senate Armed Services Committee (R-Mississippi)

Appears in 2 stories

Notable Quotes

As SASC chair, Wicker led a $925B authorization that increased USAI funding and signaled a firm stance against Russian aggression.([reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/senate-panel-approves-500-million-aid-ukraine-defense-bill-2025-07-11/?utm_source=openai))

Wicker and Rep. Mike Rogers said 'any significant change to the U.S. force posture in Europe warrants review and coordination with Congress.'

Stories

Record $901 billion US defense bill tests Trump-era military priorities and Ukraine commitment

Rule Changes

Key architect of Senate NDAA provisions limiting Trump’s troop cuts and bolstering Ukraine support

Congress passed the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act in December 2025, authorizing a record $901 billion in national security spending. The House approved the final compromise 312–112 on December 10, and Trump signed it December 18 without an Oval Office ceremony.

Updated 6 days ago

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

Force in Play

Publicly opposed; signaling congressional review

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