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Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1996 and the Future Years Defense Program, Vol. 3: Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 1026; Readiness, April 27; May 11, 15, 16, 1995 Near And Long Term Readiness Of The Armed Forces The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:04 a.m., in room 232-A, Russell Senate Office Building, Senator John McCain (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Committee members present: Senators McCain, Cohen, Coats, Levin, Glenn, Robb, and Bryan. Committee staff members present: Richard L. Reynard, staff director; George W. Lauffer, deputy staff director; and Christine KCimko, press secretary. Minority staff members present: Andrew S. Effron, minority counsel; Michael J. McCord and Julie K. Rief, professional staff members. Staff assistants present: Shelley G. Lauffer and Jason Rossbach. Committee members' assistants present: AnnE. Sauer, assistant to Senator McCain; Dale F.Gerry, assistant to Senator Cohen; Richard F. Schwab and David J.Gribbin, assistants to Senator Coats; Matthew Hay, assistant to Senator Inhofe; Patricia L.Stolnacker, assistant to Senator Santorum; Richard W .Fieldhouse, assistant to Senator Levin; Suzanne M. McKenna and John P. Stevens, assistants to Senator Glenn; William Owens, assistant to Senator Robb; and Randall A. Schieber, assistant to Senator Bryan. Opening Statement Of Senator John McCAIN, Chairman Senator McCain. Good morning, I want to thank all of the witnesses for making the time to appear before the subcommittee today. Your candid testimony is crucial to the Congress review of the fiscal year 1996 defense budget request, and ultimately to the future of our Armed Forces and our ability to ensure the future security of the United States of America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.