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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaubt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:30 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Thad Cochran (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Cochran, Shelby, Collins, Murkowski, Graham, Blunt, Daines, Moran, Durbin, Leahy, Reed, Tester, Udall, Schatz, and Baldwin. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEFENSE READINESS AND BUDGET UPDATE STATEMENT OF THE HON. JAMES N. MATTIS, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR THAD COCHRAN Senator COCHRAN. The Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations of the United States Senate will come to order. Today, we are receiving an update on military readiness and de- fense budget matters. We are pleased to welcome to the committee the Honorable James N. Mattis, Secretary of Defense, and General Joseph Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The fiscal year 2017 Department of Defense appropriations agreement has been approved by the other body, the House of Rep- resentatives, and I look forward to our completing work on that bill in the coming weeks. We are well into the fiscal year, and members of the subcommittee understand the importance of enacting defense appropriations legislation. As we complete our work on the 2017 defense appropriations agreement, we also recognize that a request for additional appro- priations in fiscal year 2017 has been submitted to the Congress. We welcome comments from our panel, as well as on the submis- sion for 2018. It is a distinct honor to have the Secretary of Defense before us in his first appearance as Secretary. I also am pleased to welcome General Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the committee. We look forward to hearing more about your priorities and efforts to increase military readiness and strengthen the Department of Defense. (1)

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