Senators Cochran & Wicker Cosponsored Gold Medals Bill Signed into Law on FridayWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today welcomed the signing of a...
Wicker Champions Nat’l Security Priorities, Military Readiness in Defense Bill
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has successfully added numerous national security and military readiness provisions to the...
Ten Organizations Endorse Donnelly-Wicker Bipartisan Military Suicide Prevention Legislation
Effort Earns Backing of Military Service, Veteran and Mental Health OrganizationsWASHINGTON — Legislation introduced by Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., received...
Wicker Commends Mississippi Manufacturer for Construction of 300th Lakota Helicopter
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today commended Airbus Helicopters, Inc. in Columbus, Miss., for delivering the 300th UH-72A Lakota helicopter to the Army. U.S. military veterans...
Wicker Part of Effort to Prevent Military Suicides
New Legislation Would Increase Mental Health Outreach for All Service MembersEarlier this year, I had the opportunity to meet the parents of Jacob Sexton – a member of the Indiana National Guard who...
Wicker, Donnelly Join Forces on Bipartisan Military Suicide Prevention Legislation
WASHINGTON – Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today introduced legislation to advance efforts in military suicide...
Wicker Highlights Mississippi’s Defense Role in Armed Services Hearings
Committee Assesses Proposals in President's FY2015 BudgetAs a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I am directly involved with the defense authorization process and the blueprint it...
U.S. Must Stand By Afghanistan’s Nascent Democracy
Success in Afghanistan has always depended on more than the elimination of the al-Qaida network responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks. Protecting America's national security interests for the long...
Wicker Supports ‘Hire More Heroes Act’
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., has cosponsored the “Hire More Heroes Act,” a bill that would give businesses an added incentive to employ veterans or active military personnel who...
Wicker: American People Are Not Getting a Balanced View of Progress in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today said that “the American people have not been given a balanced view about (our) success...