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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaafw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 9:36 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Richard J. Durbin (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Durbin, Reed, Cochran, Shelby, Collins, Mur- kowski, Coats, and Blunt. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK KENDALL, UNDER SECRETARY FOR AC- QUISITION, TECHNOLOGY AND LOGISTICS OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD J. DURBIN Senator DURBIN. Thank you all for joining us this morning. The subcommittee meets to receive testimony on the fiscal year 2014 budget, the request for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) pro- gram, to review its cost, schedule, performance, given that it is the largest acquisition program in the history of our Nation. To provide some context, since its inception, the Department has invested $44 billion to develop these aircraft. For fiscal year 2014 alone, the President's budget request for the Joint Strike Fighter program includes $8.7 billion to continue development of test and procure 29 aircraft, operate and sustain the growing fleet, and begin a formal modification program. For today's hearing, there will be two panels. On the first panel, I will welcome Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Tech- nology and Logistics, the Honorable Frank Kendall. Thank you for coming. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jonathan Greenert. Admiral, thank you for being here. Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Mark Welsh. General, thank you. Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, General John Paxton. General, thank you. Program Executive Officer for the Joint Strike Fighter program, Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan. Thank you. On the second panel, we are going to hear from the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, the Honorable Michael Gilmore; Director, Government Accountability Office Acquisition and Sourcing Management Team, Michael Sullivan; and Senior Fellow and Director of Research, Brookings Foreign Policy Program, Mi- (1)

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