Senator Carl Levin of Michigan

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Detroit), who sits on the Homeland Security and Intelligence Committees, says he is participating in congressional investigations to "establish accountability for the failure" in the intelligence community leading up to the Christmas Day attack on Detroit-bound Flight 253.  

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Statement of Senator Carl Levin at the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing ...eNews Park ForestCarl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, for the committee hearing on strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan with Ambassador Karl ...McChrystal Expects Effects of Surge Within a YearWall Street JournalTwo Top Aides Show Unity on Afghan StrategyNew York TimesMcChrystal and Eikenberry on the HillWashington Post (blog)The...  

In 2009, Sen. Carl Levin and Gov. Jennifer Granholm were prominent in national media coverage, including network TV. Levin was a Capitol Hill power player, as were northern Michigan's three congressmen.  

Michigan Sen. Carl Levin took to the airwaves on CBS' "Face the Nation" this morning to get a few things off his chest about the country's Middle East operations and what President Obama should do about increasing troops in Afghanistan.Talking...  

The Republican Party is staking its future on people like Sarah Palin for commonsense solutions to our nation's problems. Meanwhile, Democrats don't have to look any further than Sen. Carl Levin. This is his commonsense approach to paying for the war in Afghanistan.Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed...  

Comedian Jon Stewart once joked that Sen. Carl M. Levin looks like a "kindly old shoemaker." But don't be thrown off by his easy demeanor. Levin (Mich.), the top Senate Democrat on military policy in Afghanistan, is not too keen on the president's plan to send 30,000 additional combat troops to f...  

Why We Occupied Senator Levin’s Office Today, we occupied Senator Carl Levin’s office in Grand Rapids as a protest against the current administration’s decision to escalate the US war in Afghanistan. We do this not simply because we are against war, but because this decision by the Obama administration is unjust. The US is not in Afghanistan to bring Democracy – Since 1979, the US has supported anti-democratic forces such as the Mujahadeen...  

President Obama this week ordered another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan as part of his strategy for the country. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, discusses his view of the Obama administration's Afghanistan plan.  

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) is speaking at Brookings today on the Obama administration's course in Afghanistan. His speech, while largely supportive of the frame that Obama has brought to the challenge -- a narrowed mission, discussion... Afghanistan - Carl Levin - United States Senate Committee on Armed Services - Obama administration - Asia  

Washington -- Sen. Carl Levin, D-Detroit, and Rep. John Dingell, D-Dearborn, are highly admired by their colleagues, according to a survey of House and Senate members released Friday by National Journal magazine.  

WASHINGTON — The leading Senate Democrat on military matters says President Barack Obama’s anticipated plan for significantly expanding U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan must show how these reinforcements will help increase the size of the Afghan security forces.Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Sunday that more Afghan soldiers and police officers are central to succeeding in the war, and more U.S. trainers...  

Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.) quotes a Marine company commander during a Senate Armed Services committee hearing, saying, “our Achilles’ heel in Afghanistan, in the words of one Marine company commander, is not a shortage of troops- it’s a shortage of Afghan troops.” (0:26)  

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, raised doubts this morning about President Barack Obama’s plans for a military surge of 30,000 troops in Afghanistan, saying it will only “worsen” the imbalance between U.S. forces and Afghan troops fighting the Taliban. “I believe the principal mission of U.S. troop increases in Afghanistan should be to accelerate the transition to Afghan forces...  

Senator Carl Levin said a war tax on higher-earning Americans is not out of the question to support a surge of troops in Afghanistan, but believed such a tax is now too late. His comments on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday came in the wake of a proposal by Rep. David Obey, D-Wisc., for a "war tax" to pay for the Afghan war - particularly in light of President Obama's anticipated increase in U.S. troop strength there.