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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaulc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2017 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:36 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Thad Cochran (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Cochran, Shelby, Murkowski, Blunt, Daines, Moran, Durbin, Tester, Udall, and Schatz. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENT OF HON. DR. HEATHER WILSON, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR THAD COCHRAN Senator COCHRAN. The Committee on Defense Appropriations will come to order. We are here today to receive the submission by the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Air Force in particular, about the funding needs for the next fiscal year. We appreciate very much you providing us copies of the state- ments and responding to questions our staff has had with your staff members about this proposed budget for fiscal year 2018. The purpose of this hearing is to specifically review the funding and the $132.4 billion in base funding and $13.9 billion to support ongoing Overseas Contingency Operations. For those who love acro- nyms, that is referred to as OCO. The Air Force leadership has presented this fiscal year 2018 sub- mission to request investment of resources into improving war fighter readiness, achieving program balance, and building capac- ity. That is a big order, and we appreciate the fact that there have been a lot of people working long and hard to make choices that reflect our needs for the United States Air Force. Our witnesses this morning are Dr. Heather Wilson, Secretary of the Air Force and General David L. Goldfein, Air Force Chief of Staff. Secretary Wilson is making her very first appearance before the Committee as Secretary of the Air Force. She has more than 35 years of professional experience in a wide range of Government and private industry responsibilities. (1)

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