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Senator Thomas 'Tom' Allen Coburn's Public Statements on Defense

Thomas Coburn
Full Name: Thomas 'Tom' Allen Coburn
Office: U.S. Senate (OK) - Jr, Republican
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Last Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2016
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Carolyn; 3 Children: Callie, Katie, Sarah
Birth Date: 03/14/1948
Birth Place: Casper, WY
Home City: Muskogee, OK
Religion: Baptist

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April 29, 2013 Letter to The Honorable Charles Hagel, Secretary of Defense - Duplicative Programs at DOD Washington, DC
March 22, 2013 Concurrent Budget Resolution on the Budget, Fiscal Year 2014 Washington, DC
March 12, 2013 Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013
March 12, 2013 Senators John McCain and Tom Coburn on Wasteful Spending in the Continuing Resolution Unknown
March 4, 2013 FOX "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren" - Transcript: Unknown
Feb. 21, 2013 Letter to President Obama - Withdraw Hagel Nomination Washington, DC
Jan. 28, 2013 Letter to President Obama, McCaskill Urges President to Fill Watchdog Positions at Six Federal Agencies Washington, DC
March 29, 2012 Senators Highlight Government Accountability Office Study Showing Major Problems with Defense Department's New Billion-Dollar Accounting Systems Washington, DC
Dec. 16, 2011 Letter to Ashton B. Carter, PhD Deputy Secretary of Defense for U.S. Department of Defense Washington, DC
Nov. 29, 2011 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 Washington, DC
Nov. 28, 2011 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 Washington, DC
Nov. 4, 2011 Letter to Ashton B. Carter, Deputy Secretary of Defense of U.S. Department of Defense Washington, DC
Aug. 15, 2011 Letter to Defense Finance and Accounting Service Director McKay Washington, DC
July 12, 2011 Letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Washington DC
May 19, 2011 Senators Coburn and Carper Introduce Bill to Limit Printing Costs at the Department of Defense Savings: $20 million DC
April 29, 2011 Letter to The Honorable Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Defense Washington, DC
April 5, 2011 Letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell Washington, DC
Feb. 17, 2011 Letter to the Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture; Commerce; Defense; Education; Energy; Health & Human Services; Homeland Security; Housing & Urban Development; Interior; Justice; State; Transportation; Treasury; and Washington, DC
Jan. 5, 2011 START Treaty Washington, DC
Sept. 21, 2010 National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2011- Motion to Proceed--Continued Washington, DC
May 6, 2010 Senators McCain, Carper, And Coburn React To Department Of Defense's Financial Improvement And Audit Readiness (FAIR) Plan Satus Report Washington, DC
Feb. 1, 2010 Letter To The Honorable Gordon S. Heddell, Inspector General, Department of Defense And General James T. Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Department of Defense Washington, DC
Dec. 18, 2009 Department Of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 Washington, DC
Dec. 17, 2009 Department Of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 Washington, DC
Oct. 6, 2009 Defense Appropriations Washington, D.C.
Oct. 6, 2009 Department Of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 Washington, D.C.
Oct. 6, 2009 Senate Votes to Prioritize Pork over National Defense Washington, D.C.
Oct. 1, 2009 Department Of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 Washington, D.C.
Aug. 5, 2009 Nomination Of Sonia Sotomayor To Be An Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States - Continued Washington, DC
July 23, 2009 National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2010 Washington, DC
July 22, 2009 National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2010 Washington, DC
Feb. 11, 2009 Executive Session Washington, DC
Sept. 27, 2008 Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 Washington, DC
Sept. 11, 2008 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Continued Washington, DC
Sept. 10, 2008 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 Washington, DC
July 31, 2008 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 - Motion to Proceed Washington, DC
Dec. 14, 2007 Department of Defense Appropriations Act -- Conference Report Washington, DC
Oct. 16, 2007 Hearing of the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services - Financial Management/Department of Defense Washington, DC
March 28, 2007 U. S. Troops Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, 2007 Washington, DC
Feb. 7, 2007 Bush Submits 'Staggering' $2.9 Trillion Budget; Democrats Balk at Defense Figures, Tax-Cut Plans Washington, DC
Dec. 8, 2006 Dr. Coburn Disappointed by House's Rejection of Earmark Reform and Transparency Washington, DC
Sept. 6, 2006 Senator Coburn Statement On Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Washington, DC
Aug. 3, 2006 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 Washington, DC
Aug. 3, 2006 Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security Committee on "Financial Management at the Department of Defense" Washington, DC
June 22, 2006 Senate Accepts Coburn Amendments to Defense Authorization Bill Washington, DC
June 22, 2006 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 Washington, DC
June 13, 2006 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defesne, The Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recover, 2006 --Conference Report Washington, DC
May 2, 2006 Making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2006--Continued Washington, DC
Dec. 17, 2005 Department of Defense Authorization Conference Report Washington, DC
Oct. 7, 2005 The Washington Times - Defense Travel Cuts Defeated in Senate Washington, DC

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