Sen. Carl Levin (D-Michigan) is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Blog Entries by Sen. Carl Levin

New Report: Bush Officials Tried to Shift Blame for Detainee Abuse to Low-Ranking Soldiers

Posted April 21, 2009 | 10:41 PM (EST)


Today we're releasing the declassified report of the Senate Armed Services Committee's investigation into the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody. The report was approved by the Armed Services Committee on November 20, 2008 and has, in the intervening period, been under review at the Department of Defense for...

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Tax Havens Hearing

Posted July 17, 2008 | 09:40 AM (EST)


This morning the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which I chair, is holding a hearing to look at two banks that have relied on secrecy and deception to hide, not just the tax avoidance schemes of their clients, but the actions they themselves took to facilitate U.S. tax evasion.

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Skyrocketing Energy Prices

Posted May 12, 2008 | 04:24 PM (EST)


This afternoon, I'm speaking on the Senate floor about high energy prices. Unless something is done to make energy more affordable, the record-high prices will continue to reverberate throughout our economy, increasing the prices of transportation, food, manufacturing and everything in between. Skyrocketing energy prices are a threat to...

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The $100 Billion Lineup

56 Comments | Posted April 1, 2008 | 05:14 PM (EST)


Tax cheats come in all shapes and sizes, so it would be hard to pick out of a lineup the 100 Americans whom the IRS suspects of hiding funds in Liechtenstein, a tiny Alpine country known for opening bank accounts and accepting large deposits of funds with few questions...

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Opposing the Escalation

Posted January 10, 2007 | 10:26 PM (EST)


Tonight, following the President's address to the nation calling for an increase in troops to Iraq, I issued this statement:

"I oppose increasing the number of U.S. troops in Iraq as the President outlined.

"An escalation of American troops is a flawed strategy for two reasons: it implies that there...

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