Walter Jones News

Congressman Walter Jones announced his following nominations to the various U.S. Military Academies.

The allegations of a civilian psychiatrist fired while working at the Deployment Health Center of Camp Lejeune's Naval Hospital, have prompted an onsite quality assurance investigation, Navy official said.

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee yesterday gave a green light to a bill to allow flexibility in rebuilding deadlines for high-value fish stocks jointly managed by the United States and Canada.

As Jacksonville-based Marines begin to deploy to Afghanistan in support of the president's announced troop buildup, one of the most outspoken Republican voices against the surge is the congressman who represents Camp Lejeune.

U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., voted against the 2010 spending bill that the U.S. House of Representatives approved this week by a vote of 221 to 202.

The House voted yesterday to extend $31 billion in popular tax breaks, including an income tax deduction for sales and property taxes, to be financed with a tax increase on investment fund managers and a crackdown on international tax cheats.

The leader of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Tuesday that President Obama's decision to increase troop levels and then draw them down in 18 months was not his call, but he supports the plan.

Might a decision by the Supreme Court to allow unlimited corporate expenditures during elections whet congressional appetite for public financing? On Friday, two high-ranking Democratic lawmakers predicted that yes, it might.

A recent letter initiated by a bipartisan coalition of eight anti-war Congress members urges President Obama to reconsider his choice of further military escalation in Afghanistan.

Four lawmakers said Tuesday that Congress should have a vote on President Obama's Afghanistan war plan before any more troops are sent there.

Representative James McGovern is ramping up his leadership of members of Congress opposed to President Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan.

By Paul Kane President Obama won endorsements Tuesday from leading congressional hawks for his proposal to send 30,000 additional troops into Afghanistan, but antiwar liberals denounced the policy and vowed to fight the effort when the war-funding legislation arrives on Capitol Hill.

Obama came to the wrong conclusion about a military adventure that should be coming to a conclusion, rather than ramping up.

Senator John McCain on Tuesday expressed support for the plan to send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, but said he objected to setting a date for an exit strategy to begin as early as 2011.

Senator Lamar Alexander said, 'John Tanner has been a principled, independent voice in our state and federal governments for three decades.

Several Republican and Democratic lawmakers have spoken out ahead of President Barack Obama's speech on Afghanistan, saying they oppose sending additional troops to the country, and that Congress should have the opportunity to vote on a troop surge.

Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress expressed reservations about President Barack Obama's Afghanistan strategy after he announced a plan to send an additional 30,000 US troops to Afghanistan by next summer and bring some soldiers home in 18 months.

Marines stationed at Cherry Point air station say they are not surprised by President Obama's announcement that 30,000 more troops will be in Afghanistan by summer, and they are ready to rumble.

The anti-war crowd in Congress isn't waiting for President Barack Obama's prime time speech to start ripping away at the Afghanistan surge.

Today, Congressman Ike Skelton joined Congressman Charles B. Rangel , chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr.