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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaafx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2013 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 9 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Sen- ate Office Building, Hon. Richard J. Durbin (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Durbin, Cochran, Shelby, Collins, and Mur- kowski. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY STATEMENT OF VICE ADMIRAL JAMES D. SYRING, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES NAVY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD J. DURBIN Senator DURBIN. The subcommittee meets this morning to re- ceive testimony on fiscal year 2014 budget request for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). And I'm pleased to welcome the Director, Vice Admiral James Syring, from Indiana. Thank you for appearing before the committee. For fiscal year 2014, the President's budget asks for $7.7 billion for this agency. It's roughly equivalent to the amount provided in fiscal year 2013 after sequestration but assumes sequestration in 2014 will not happen. I hope to hear more from the admiral today on the impact of sequestration on this fiscal year and what cuts in the future might mean. While the United States is facing a number of threats around the world in the area of missile proliferation, including programs in Iran and North Korea, these policy problems require use of a num- ber of political, economic, and military tools. The Missile Defense Agency brings capabilities to the table to face those challenges. It's our responsibility to ensure that those capabilities perform as advertised, remain focused on realistic threats, and be honest about the testing and results. We know the threat is real; the question is whether our defense is real. President Obama summed up the approach in 2009 in these words: The best way to responsibly advance our security and the security of our allies is to deploy a missile defense system that best responds to the threats that we face and utilizes technology both proven and cost effective. The President is taking bold steps to (1)

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