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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqti0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:05 a.m., in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Tim Johnson (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Johnson, Pryor, Murkowski, and Blunt. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT F. HALE, UNDER SECRETARY (COMP- TROLLER) ACCOMPANIED BY: DR. DOROTHY ROBYN, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR INSTAL- LATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT DR. PETER LAVOY, PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ASIAN AND PACIFIC SECURITY AFFAIRS OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR TIM JOHNSON Senator JOHNSON. Good morning. This hearing will come to order. I welcome everyone to today's hearing to discuss the Presi- dent's fiscal year 2013 budget request for military construction (MILCON) and family housing for the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of the Army. Before beginning, I would like to acknowledge the temporary ab- sence of my friend and ranking member, Senator Mark Kirk. I wish him a speedy recovery, and I look forward to his return to this sub- committee. In the interim, you can be sure that I will represent his interests in all matters that come before our subcommittee. Our first panel today will be DOD Comptroller Bob Hale; Dr. Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installa- tions and Environment; and Dr. Peter Lavoy, Principal Deputy As- sistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs. Secretary Hale, Dr. Robyn, and Dr. Lavoy, thank you for coming. We look forward to your testimony. The President's military construction and family housing budget request for fiscal year 2013 totals $11.2 billion, a plunge of nearly 25 percent from the fiscal year 2012 request. I recognize that this reduction is a result of budget constraints and uncertainty of mili-

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