{"id":53687,"date":"2020-12-01T22:33:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T22:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/01\/rogers-backed-as-house-armed-services-ranking-member\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:55:38","slug":"rogers-backed-as-house-armed-services-ranking-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/12\/01\/rogers-backed-as-house-armed-services-ranking-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogers backed as House Armed Services ranking member"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The House GOP Steering Committee voted Tuesday to back Rep. Mike Rogers to replace Rep. Mac Thornberry as the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/11\/18\/top-gop-post-on-house-armed-services-draws-tough-competition\/\" target=_blank> top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee<\/a> in the next Congress, according to a source familiar with the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The panel recommended Rogers, the Homeland Security Committee\u2019s ranking member, over House Strategic Forces Subcommittee ranking member Mike Turner, R-Ohio. During the closed-door meeting, House Seapower Subcommittee ranking member Rob Wittman, R-Va., withdrew Tuesday and endorsed Rogers, the source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full GOP conference is expected later this week to ratify the committee\u2019s recommended slate of committee chairmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogers, 62, comes from a deep red district, which hosts Anniston Army Depot and part of Fort Benning. 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