{"id":31320,"date":"2020-06-08T15:09:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T15:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/08\/key-debate-on-military-protest-response-budget-priorities-set-to-happen-behind-closed-doors-on-capitol-hill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:56:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:56:05","slug":"key-debate-on-military-protest-response-budget-priorities-set-to-happen-behind-closed-doors-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/budget\/2020\/06\/08\/key-debate-on-military-protest-response-budget-priorities-set-to-happen-behind-closed-doors-on-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Key debate on military protest response, budget priorities set to happen behind closed doors on Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The biggest defense news on Capitol Hill this week will be taking place behind the scenes rather than in public view, as lawmakers grapple with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/06\/02\/senior-military-leaders-being-called-to-testify-to-congress-about-george-floyd-protest-response\/\" target=\"_blank\">military\u2019s response to recent nationwide protests<\/a> and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/06\/02\/lawmakers-want-must-pass-defense-bill-to-protect-protestors-from-the-military\/\" target=\"_blank\">own plans for next year\u2019s Pentagon budget<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville and District of Columbia National Guard Commander Maj. Gen. William Walker will brief members of the House Armed Services Committee in a non-public meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The session was originally scheduled for late last week, amid concerns that guardsmen may have overstepped their roles as security support for D.C. police responding to some of the massive racial equality demonstrations outside the White House in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protests were sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man prosecutors say was murdered by a white Minneapolis police officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, Pentagon officials appear to have tamped down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/06\/01\/trump-plans-to-use-active-duty-military-forces-to-deal-with-growing-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump\u2019s suggestions<\/a> that active-duty troops should be brought in to help handle the work, creating a massive show of force to \u201cdominate\u201d the streets of major cities across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/06\/05\/esper-milley-wont-testify-before-the-house\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0774.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">House Armed Services Committee, Pentagon clash over Esper and Milley testimony<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">HASC chairman Rep. Adam Smith requested the two appear next week to explain comments and actions from the past week.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But House Armed Services Committee members have said they still have lingering questions about how those discussions progressed, and whether guardsmen were put in an uncomfortable political role instead of their traditional support response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic members are also sparring with Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, after committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., vowed to bring the Pentagon leaders to Capitol Hill for a full public hearing on the issues this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esper and Milley have thus far refused, although Pentagon officials said they are negotiating scheduling issues for a possible future appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe DoD legislative affairs team remains in discussion with the HASC on this request,&#8221; Navy Cmdr. Sean Robertson, a Pentagon spokesman, said last week. &#8220;In the meantime, DoD has committed to provide Army Secretary McCarthy, Army Chief of Staff Gen. McConville, and D.C. National Guard Commanding General Maj. Gen. Walker to brief the committee next week on the presence of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., this past week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith and 30 other Democratic committee members called Esper\u2019s refusal to appear this week \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several members of the committee have vowed to include the issue in the annual defense authorization bill. Subcommittee mark-ups of the massive military budget policy measure are scheduled to begin on June 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate Armed Services Committee is beginning its mark-up of the authorization bill this week, with the first two subcommittee section votes scheduled for Monday afternoon. 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