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HRG. 108–241, PT. 1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1050 TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CON- STRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PART 1 MILITARY POSTURE SERVICE CHIEFS SERVICE SECRETARIES UNIFIED AND REGIONAL COMMANDERS BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HOMELAND DEFENSE FEBRUARY 13, 25; MARCH 6, 13, 18, 20; APRIL 8, 2003 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services VerDate 11-SEP-98 12:11 Aug 24, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6011 Sfmt 6011 87323.CON SARMSER2 PsN: SARMSER2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004—Part 1 MILITARY POSTURE ● SERVICE CHIEFS ● SERVICE SECRETARIES ● UNIFIED AND REGIONAL COMMANDERS ● BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ● ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ● HOMELAND DEFENSE VerDate 11-SEP-98 12:11 Aug 24, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 87323.CON SARMSER2 PsN: SARMSER2 S. HRG. 108–241, PT. 1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1050 TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CON- STRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PART 1 MILITARY POSTURE SERVICE CHIEFS SERVICE SECRETARIES UNIFIED AND REGIONAL COMMANDERS BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HOMELAND DEFENSE FEBRUARY 13, 25; MARCH 6, 13, 18, 20; APRIL 8, 2003 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 87–323 PDF WASHINGTON : 2004 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 11-SEP-98 12:11 Aug 24, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 87323.CON SARMSER2 PsN: SARMSER2 COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES JOHN WARNER, Virginia, Chairman JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona CARL LEVIN, Michigan JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts PAT ROBERTS, Kansas ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia WAYNE ALLARD, Colorado JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama JACK REED, Rhode Island SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii JOHN ENSIGN, Nevada BILL NELSON, Florida JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia MARK DAYTON, Minnesota LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina EVAN BAYH, Indiana ELIZABETH DOLE, North Carolina HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, New York JOHN CORNYN, Texas MARK PRYOR, Arkansas JUDITH A. ANSLEY, Staff Director RICHARD D. DEBOBES, Democratic Staff Director (II) VerDate 11-SEP-98 12:11 Aug 24, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 87323.CON SARMSER2 PsN: SARMSER2 C O N T E N T S CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES MILITARY POSTURE FEBRUARY 13, 2003 Page Rumsfeld, Hon. Donald H., Secretary of Defense ................................................. 10 Myers, Gen. Richard B., USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff ........................ 25 SERVICE CHIEFS FEBRUARY 25, 2003 Shinseki, Gen. Eric K., USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army ...................... 115 Clark, Adm. Vernon E., USN, Chief of Naval Operations ................................... 184 Hagee, Gen. Michael W., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps ................. 203 Jumper, Gen. John P., USAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force ............... 217 SERVICE SECRETARIES MARCH 6, 2003 White, Hon. Thomas E., Secretary of the Army .................................................... 336 Johnson, Hon. Hansford T., Acting Secretary of the Navy .................................. 361 Roche, Hon. James G., Secretary of the Air Force ................................................ 375 UNIFIED AND REGIONAL COMMANDERS ON THEIR MILITARY STRATEGY AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS MARCH 13, 2003 Fargo, Adm. Thomas B., USN, Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Command .............................................................................................................. 495 LaPorte, Gen. Leon J., USA, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command, U.S. Forces Korea, Combined Forces Command Korea .................................... 519 Hill, Gen. James T., USA, Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command .............................................................................................................. 533 BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE MARCH 18, 2003 Aldridge, Hon. Edward C. ‘‘Pete,’’ Jr., Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi- tion, Technology, and Logistics ........................................................................... 588 Christie, Hon. Thomas P., Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, De- partment of Defense ............................................................................................. 593 Crouch, Hon. J.D., II, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Secu- rity Policy .............................................................................................................. 598 Kadish, Lt. Gen. Ronald T., USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency ............... 605 (III) VerDate 11-SEP-98 12:11 Aug 24, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 87323.CON SARMSER2 PsN: SARMSER2 IV Page ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY MARCH 20, 2003 Abraham, Hon. Spencer, Secretary of Energy ....................................................... 677 HOMELAND DEFENSE APRIL 8, 2003 McHale, Hon. Paul, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense ...... 751 Eberhart, Gen. Ralph E., USAF, Commander, United States Northern Com- mand ..................................................................................................................... 758 Ellis, Adm. James O., Jr., USN, Commander, United States Strategic Com- mand ..................................................................................................................... 764 VerDate 11-SEP-98 12:11 Aug 24, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 87323.CON SARMSER2 PsN: SARMSER2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2003 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, Washington, DC. MILITARY POSTURE The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:34 a.m., in room SH–216, Hart Senate Office Building, Senator John Warner (chair- man) presiding. Committee members present: Senators Warner, Inhofe, Allard, Sessions, Collins, Ensign, Talent, Chambliss, Dole, Cornyn, Levin, Kennedy, Byrd, Reed, Akaka, Bill Nelson, Ben Nelson, Dayton, Bayh, Clinton, and Pryor. Committee staff members present: Judith A. Ansley, staff direc- tor; and Marie Fabrizio Dickinson, chief clerk. Majority staff members present: Charles W. Alsup, professional staff member; L. David Cherington, counsel; Brian R. Green, pro- fessional staff member; William C. Greenwalt, professional staff member; Carolyn M. Hanna, professional staff member; Mary Alice A. Hayward, professional staff member; Ambrose R. Hock, profes- sional staff member; Gregory T. Kiley, professional staff member; Patricia L. Lewis, professional staff member; Thomas L. Mac- Kenzie, professional staff member; Ann M. Mittermeyer, counsel; Lucian L. Niemeyer, professional staff member; Lynn F. Rusten, professional staff member; Scott W. Stucky, general counsel; and Richard F. Walsh, counsel. Minority staff members present: Richard D. DeBobes, Democratic staff director; Daniel J. Cox, Jr., professional staff member; Madelyn R. Creedon, minority counsel; Kenneth M. Crosswait, pro- fessional staff member; Evelyn N. Farkas, professional staff mem- ber; Richard W. Fieldhouse, professional staff member; Creighton Greene, professional staff member; Maren R. Leed, professional staff member; Gerald J. Leeling, minority counsel; Peter K. Levine, minority counsel; Christina D. Still, professional staff member; and Bridget M. Whalan, special assistant. Staff assistants present: Michael N. Berger, Leah C. Brewer, Sara R. Mareno, and Nicholas W. West. Committee members’ assistants present: Cord Sterling, assistant to Senator Warner; Christopher J. Paul, assistant to Senator McCain; John A. Bonsell, assistant to Senator Inhofe; James (1) VerDate 11-SEP-98 12:11 Aug 24, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 87323.006 SARMSER2 PsN: SARMSER2 2 Beauchamp, assistant to Senator Roberts; Jayson Roehl, assistant to Senator Allard; Arch Galloway II and Rick Dearborn, assistants to Senator Sessions; James P. Dohoney, Jr., assistant to Senator Collins; Lindsey R. Neas, assistant to Senator Talent; James W. Irwin, assistant to Senator Chambliss; Aleix Jarvis, assistant to Senator Graham; Henry J. Steenstra, assistant to Senator Dole; Sharon L. Waxman and Mieke Y. Eoyang, assistants to Senator Kennedy; Christina Evans and Erik Raven, assistants to Senator Byrd; Aaron Scholer, assistant to Senator Lieberman; Elizabeth King, assistant to
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