Defense News: The House GOP Steering Committee voted Tuesday to back Rep. Mike Rogers to replace Rep. Mac Thornberry as the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee in the next Congress, according to a source familiar with the situation.
The panel recommended Rogers, the Homeland Security Committee’s 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.
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