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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaacx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Sen- ate Office Building, Hon. Richard J. Durbin (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Durbin, Leahy, Mikulski, Murray, Reed, Landrieu, Pryor, Cochran, Shelby, Collins, and Graham. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE STATEMENT OF HON. CHUCK HAGEL, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ACCOMPANIED BY HON. ROBERT HALE, UNDER SECRETARY OF DE- FENSE, COMPTROLLER OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD J. DURBIN Senator DURBIN. Good morning and welcome. The subcommittee meets this morning to receive testimony on the fiscal year 2014 budget for the Department of Defense (DOD). And I am pleased to welcome the Secretary of Defense and our former colleague, the Honorable Chuck Hagel-thank you for being here, Chuck-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dempsey; and Bob Hale, the Comptroller of the Department of De- fense. We are going to speak today about budgets and, more impor- tantly, about people. All of the services' secretaries and chiefs have appeared before the subcommittee this year and have expressed great concern over the impact of sequestration, particularly how the size and pace of spending reductions have the potential to de- grade our Nation's defense. Sequester, the increase in cost of fuel, shortfalls in overseas contingency operation (OCO) accounts have reduced the Department's operations and maintenance accounts by nearly $26 billion in this fiscal year. The Department's recent om- nibus reprogramming that the subcommittee is reviewing could off- set about $7.3 billion of the OCO shortfall, but the Army would still have a $3.5 billion bill for the war in Afghanistan, with limited flexibility in paying it. I would like to know the options that are being considered to fill this gap, as well as more detail. For fiscal year 2014, the President's budget requests $515.6 bil- lion in base funding, $79.5 billion for OCO. Secretary Hagel, you (1)

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