In a July 13, 2012, letter sent to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) and strategic forces subcommittee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) write they are concerned with "the administration's plans for missile defense," in particular what they call "the continued sharp decline in the attention and resources invested in U.S. national missile defenses."

In a July 12, 2012, letter, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) responds to a June 27, 2012, letter from House Armed Services Committee Republicans who called on Reid to immediately bring a plan to the Senate floor to resolve sequestration.

In a June 27, 2012, letter, House Armed Services Committee Republicans call on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to immediately bring a plan to the Senate floor to resolve sequestration.

In a June 22, 2012, letter, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta tells Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) that he has "directed the Air Force to suspend aircraft transfers and retirements previously scheduled for implementation in FY 2012 with the expectation that Congress completes action on the FY 2013 defense authorization and appropriation bills prior to the end of the fiscal year, providing clear support for a way forward."

In a June 26, 2012, letter, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz informs Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) that the service will not take action on a proposal to relocate F-16 aircraft from Eielson Air Force Base to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

In a June 27, 2012, letter, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) issues a formal request for acting White House Budget Director Jeffrey Zeints to testify on the mechanics and impact of sequestration.

In a June 12, 2012, letter, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notifies Congress of a proposed $1.1 billion sale of Blavk Hawk helicopters and related equipment to Qatar.

In a June 7, 2012, letter, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notifies Congress of a proposed $300 million C-130 aircraft sale to Norway.

In a June 12, 2012, letter, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notifies Congress of a proposed $86 million sale of AIM–9X Block II Sidewinder All-Up-Round Missiles and related equipment to Oman.

In a June 8, 2012, letter to President Obama, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA), Foreigh Relations Committee Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) express surprise at the administration's "decision to apply sequestration to overseas contingency operations (OCO) under the Budget Control Act of 2011."

In a June 22, 2012, letter, House Armed Services Committee members Randy Forbes (R-VA) and Todd Akin (R-MO) wrote to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert to express concerns about how the Obama administration's strategic pivot to the Pacific region may affect the Navy's carrier air wing construct.

In an April 27, 2012, letter to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Robert Nabors, the White House director of legislative affairs, wrote to Cornyn regarding the potential sale of F-16C and F-16D aircraft to Taiwan. Also includes a related statement from the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council.

In a June 11, 2012, letter to key House and Senate lawmakers, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno argues against zeroing out the Medium Extended Air Defense System's fiscal year 2013 funding, a move he claimed would kill the program before the end of its proof-of-concept phase.

In a June 7, 2012, letter,  Reps. Rick Crawford (R-AR), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Mike Ross (D-AR), Steve Womack (R-AR), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Mike Pompeo (R-KS) and Kevin Yoder (R-KS) call on House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) to keep an eye on the Air Force's Laight Air Support contract, which they claim lacks safeguards and could produce aircraft with the potential to endanger the pilots that use it.

In a June 7, 2012, letter, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) urges Army Secretary John McHugh to budget more money for the M1-A1 Abrams tank manufacturing plant, which is located in his home state.

In a June 7, 2012, letter to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI), the Government Accountability Office informs the lawmakers that it is unable to complete a congressionally mandated assessment of the National Nuclear Serurity Administration's fiscal year 2013 budget request until it receives certain information from NNSA.

In a June 5, 2012, letter to President Obama, House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) calls on the president to follow through on the promises he made to the Senate during the ratification of the follow-on Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 2010.

In a Dec. 21, 2011, letter to Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), Army Brig. Gen. Camille Nichols, program executive officer soldier, responds to Coburn's questions regarding the M4 carbine. Also includes Coburn's Dec 9, 2011, letter to Nichols.

In a May 29, 2012, letter, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) informs Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) about his concerns regarding the nomination of Heidi Shyu to be the Army's acquisition chief.

In a May 11, 2012, letter, Army Secretary John McHugh -- on behalf of Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter -- responded to Rep. Mark Critz (D-PA) who the previous month had asked Carter about the slow pace of the service's plans, as reflected in its FY-13 budget request, to replace the M113 family of vehicles.