United States Senate Committee On Armed Services

Inhofe Heart Surgery.JPEG-0a281.jpg

** FILE ** Sen. James M. Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican who is his party's ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, leaves the Senate after assisting Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, with his overnight fight on the floor against the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dempsey.jpg

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, arrive for a closed-door intelligence briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Barack Obama seeks congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

7_242013_dempsey-syria-2-38201.jpg

** FILE ** Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for a hearing to consider his reappointment to the military's highest post, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

6_132013_military-sexual-assault8201.jpg

"There are still restrictions, but there is greater flexibility" on the issue of transferring detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin. (Associated Press)