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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysapjr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:38 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Thad Cochran (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Cochran, Shelby, Murkowski, Blunt, Daines, Moran, Durbin, Reed, Tester, Udall, and Schatz. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY STATEMENT OF VICE ADMIRAL JAMES D. SYRING, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES NAVY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR THAD COCHRAN Senator COCHRAN. The subcommittee will please come to order. Today, we are reviewing the fiscal year budget request for the Mis- sile Defense Agency. We are very pleased to be able to welcome Vice Admiral Jim Syring, Director of the Missile Defense Agency. For fiscal year 2017, the President's budget requests $7.5 billion for the Missile Defense Agency, a decrease of $800 million, or al- most 10 percent, from last year's enacted level. Over the past year, the Missile Defense Agency has had numer- ous successes, including fielding program upgrades to our Nation's Ground-based Midcourse Defense; establishing an Aegis Ashore site in Romania; and continuing our cooperative efforts with our al- lies worldwide, most notably with Israel. Recent successful tests of Israeli missile defense programs clearly demonstrate the value of your work. Despite the proposed fiscal year 2017 budget reductions, the budget requests full funding to deploy 44 ground-based interceptors by 2017. It continues our commitment to regional missile defense and invests in technologies to address evolving threats. We appreciate your efforts to strengthen and expand our national missile defense capabilities. Your full statement will be included in the record, and you may proceed to make opening remarks for the record. Admiral SYRING. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senator COCHRAN. Excuse me, let me ask Senator Durbin if he wants to proceed with a statement. (1)

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