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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2010 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania, Chairman NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia TODD TIAHRT, Kansas MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio JACK KINGSTON, Georgia ALLEN BOYD, Florida KAY GRANGER, Texas STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Obey, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Lewis, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. PAUL JUOLA, GREG LANKLER, SARAH YOUNG, LINDA PAGELSEN, PAUL TERRY, KRIS MALLARD, ADAM HARRIS, ANN REESE, BROOKE BOYER, TIM PRINCE, MATT WASHINGTON, B G WRIGHT, CHRIS WHITE, CELES HUGHES, and ADRIENNE RAMSAY, Staff Assistants SHERRY L. YOUNG, Administrative Aide PART 1 Page Air Force Nuclear Enterprise ............................................... 1 Contract Services and Acquisition Management ............ 55 Army Contracting .................................................................... 283 Outsourcing ............................................................................... 353 Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Problems ................................................................................. 431 Global Mobility ......................................................................... 515 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:03 May 21, 2010 Jkt 056232 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7513 Sfmt 7513 E:\HR\OC\56232P1.XXX 56232P1 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with HEARINGS PART 1—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2010 VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:03 May 21, 2010 Jkt 056232 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 E:\HR\OC\56232P1.XXX 56232P1 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with HEARINGS with DSKH9S0YB1PROD on mstockstill DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2010 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania, Chairman NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio TODD TIAHRT, Kansas ROBERT E. ‘‘BUD’’ CRAMER, JR., Alabama ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi ALLEN BOYD, Florida JACK KINGSTON, Georgia STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Obey, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Lewis, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. PAUL JUOLA, GREG LANKLER, SARAH YOUNG, LINDA PAGELSEN, PAUL TERRY, KRIS MALLARD, ADAM HARRIS, ANN REESE, BROOKE BOYER, TIM PRINCE, MATT WASHINGTON, B G WRIGHT, CHRIS WHITE, CELES HUGHES, and ADRIENNE RAMSAY, Staff Assistants SHERRY L. YOUNG, Administrative Aide PART 1 Page Air Force Nuclear Enterprise ............................................... 1 Contract Services and Acquisition Management ............ 55 Army Contracting .................................................................... 283 Outsourcing ............................................................................... 353 Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Problems ................................................................................. 431 Global Mobility ......................................................................... 515 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 56–232 WASHINGTON : 2010 VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:03 May 21, 2010 Jkt 056232 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7513 Sfmt 7513 E:\HR\OC\56232P1.XXX 56232P1 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with HEARINGS COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin, Chairman NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington JERRY LEWIS, California ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia NITA M. LOWEY, New York JACK KINGSTON, Georgia JOSE´ E. SERRANO, New York RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New ROSA L. DELAURO, Connecticut Jersey JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia TODD TIAHRT, Kansas JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts ZACH WAMP, Tennessee ED PASTOR, Arizona TOM LATHAM, Iowa DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama CHET EDWARDS, Texas JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island KAY GRANGER, Texas MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas SAM FARR, California MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana ALLEN BOYD, Florida JOHN R. CARTER, Texas CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey KEN CALVERT, California SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia JO BONNER, Alabama MARION BERRY, Arkansas STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio BARBARA LEE, California TOM COLE, Oklahoma ADAM SCHIFF, California MICHAEL HONDA, California BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota STEVE ISRAEL, New York TIM RYAN, Ohio C.A. ‘‘DUTCH’’ RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida CIRO RODRIGUEZ, Texas LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado PATRICK J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania BEVERLY PHETO, Clerk and Staff Director (II) 2 VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:03 May 21, 2010 Jkt 056232 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7513 Sfmt 7513 E:\HR\OC\56232P1.XXX 56232P1 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with HEARINGS DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2010 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2009. AIR FORCE NUCLEAR ENTERPRISE WITNESSES HON. MICHAEL B. DONLEY, SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE GENERAL NORTON A. SCHWARTZ, CHIEF OF STAFF, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE INTRODUCTION Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Young. Mr. YOUNG. Mr. Chairman, I move that those portions of the hearing today which involve classified material be held in executive session because of the classification of the material to be discussed. Mr. MURTHA. Without objection. You know, this is a closed hearing this morning. We have had the room swept. And we are pleased to welcome two distinguished veterans here of the hearings. We appreciate your coming. I see you got a lot of backup there. I always get concerned when you have got so many people back there ready to answer questions. But this is a serious concern of ours. I said to Secretary Gates whenever I found out that we had nuclear weapons that were fly- ing around; I said, Mr. Secretary, they take our nail clips away, they take our little scissors away at the airport, and yet you have got nuclear weapons flying around, activated. He did not laugh at that. He did not think that was funny. And I know the Air Force took some strong action, good friends of ours who were dismissed because of what happened over there, as they should have been even though they were good friends. I mean, there couldn’t be anything more serious than flying around with activated nuclear weapons. So I appreciate it. We look forward to hearing what you have to say about it, and in an addition to what you talk about as far as what you have done to secure the nuclear weapons, also what you think needs to be done as far as down the road making sure they are taken care of. And I do not know that we need any more, but we ought to make sure that they are ready to go in case we would ever need them. Mr. Young. Mr. YOUNG. Well, Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. And Chairman Murtha has, I think, pretty much explained the position of the members of the subcommittee. I just want to say (1) VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:47 May 22, 2010 Jkt 056232 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 E:\HR\OC\B232P2.XXX B232P2 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with HEARINGS 2 that I appreciate the seriousness with how you, the Air Force, are addressing this extremely important issue. And we welcome your comments and your suggestions and your advice on how we deal with this problem. And thank you for being here. Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Secretary. SUMMARY STATEMENT OF SECRETARY DONLEY Mr. DONLEY. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the com- mittee for scheduling this hearing today to discuss a critically im- portant mission area for the United States Air Force, stewardship of our nuclear deterrent forces. This is a responsibility we take se- riously, and one that is, as General Schwartz has put it, among our most solemn obligations. Mr. MURTHA. Would you check to see that your microphone is on? Mr. DONLEY. Can do. Is that better? Mr. MURTHA. Yes. Mr. DONLEY. Great. The nuclear deterrence mission assigned to the United States Air Force is one of our most solemn obligations to our Commander in Chief, to the Secretary of Defense, our na- tional leadership, and to the American people. Nuclear deterrence operations and the sustainment activities that ensure the integrity of the nuclear arsenal entrusted to our care are core functions that the Air Force has proudly accepted since our inceptions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for over 60 years America’s Airmen have committed their talent and their skill to delivering the Nation’s strategic backstop in a safe, secure, and reliable manner. Improving our institutional performance in the nuclear area has held my attention since my first day in office. It remains a top priority in both policy and actionable terms.