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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaacy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 8:58 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Richard J. Durbin (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Durbin, Murray, Pryor, Cochran, Shelby, Col- lins, and Blunt. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN M. McHUGH, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD J. DURBIN Senator DURBIN. Good morning. It's my pleasure to announce that the subcommittee is going to receive testimony on the fiscal year 2014 budget. I am pleased to welcome the Secretary of the Army, the Honorable John McHugh, whom I first ran into when we served in the House of Representatives together on that political field of battle; and the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Ray- mond Odierno, whom I first met in Iraq near an actual field of bat- tle. So, battle tested, our witnesses are here today. Thank you for coming to talk about the 2014 budget and a num- ber of other issues. We're going to discuss during the course of this issues ranging from the impact of sequestration on the United States Army and the issue of sexual assault and its impact on the Army as well. For fiscal year 2014, the President's budget request is $129 bil- lion in base funding for the Army, $38.6 billion in overseas contin- gency operations (OCO). These requests do not reflect implementa- tion of a sequester, which is hitting the Army particularly hard in fiscal year 2013 and will be compounded if it has to absorb across- the-board cuts again in 2014. General Odierno, you have stated that for fiscal year 2014 and beyond, sequestration may result in the loss of an additional 100,000 soldiers at a minimum from the Active Guard and Reserve components. You've warned these reductions will impact every base and installation in the Army, and that sequestration will result in (1)

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