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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaubw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017 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. Thad Cochran (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Cochran, Shelby, Alexander, Collins, Mur- kowski, Graham, Blunt, Daines, Moran, Durbin, Leahy, Feinstein, Murray, Reed, Tester, Udall, Schatz, and Baldwin. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES N. MATTIS, SECRETARY ACCOMPANIED BY DAVID NORQUIST, UNDER SECRETARY OF DE- FENSE (COMPTROLLER) OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR THAD COCHRAN Senator COCHRAN. The committee will please come to order. This morning, I want to begin by acknowledging the sad incident in Alexandria, Virginia, and to commend the service of the U.S. Capitol Police. Our thoughts are with those who were injured, and hope for their speedy, full recovery. Today, we are here to receive the testimony for the budget re- quest submitted by the Department of Defense to Congress for the next fiscal year. We are pleased to have with us today the Honorable James N. Mattis, Secretary of Defense, General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. We are very pleased with their attendance and for providing us with our needs for reviewing the budget request. We are pleased to have Secretary Mattis and Chairman Dunford here for their second appearance before the subcommittee this year. We thank you for your distinguished service and your com- mitment to the defense of our Nation. We thank you for your com- mitment to the safety and security of our Nation. We look forward to receiving and considering the budget request formally from the Department of Defense, for our distinguished group of staff members who help us review this and do the work under this subcommittee's jurisdiction and our full committee's ju- risdiction. (1)

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