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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqsr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:32 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Inouye, Murray, Cochran, Shelby, Hutchison, Murkowski, Graham, and Coats. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN M. McHUGH, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN DANIEL K. INOUYE Chairman INOUYE. This morning, the subcommittee convenes to review the Department of the Army's fiscal year 2013 budget re- quest. And so we welcome the Honorable John M. McHugh, Sec- retary of the Army. We also welcome for the first time before this subcommittee, General Raymond T. Odierno, the Army Chief of Staff. Thank you for being with us today. The Department of the Army's fiscal year 2013 base budget re- quest is $135 billion, the same level as last year's enacted base budget. The Army is also requesting $50 billion for overseas contin- gency operations (OCO) for fiscal year 2013, which is a decrease of $18 billion from last year's enacted amount. Due to the country's fiscal restraints, the Army's response to budget reductions was based on the determination of the right bal- ance between three areas: personnel, modernization, and readiness. Over the next 5 years, the Army is planning to reduce the size of the Active Army by 490,000 soldiers and will remove at least eight brigade combat teams (BCTs) from its existing structure. The subcommittee hopes to learn more from you on these reductions and your plans to achieve them without sacrificing the lessons we have learned after a decade of war. As far as modernization is con- cerned, the fiscal year 2013 request prioritizes the Army network and infantry-fighting vehicle that can accommodate the entire in- fantry squad and the joint light tactical vehicle (JLTV).

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