WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following news release:

U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, demanded answers from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on the plea agreement reached with Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the September 11th terror attacks, and his associates Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.