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Let me start. I will ask admiral myers and general myers the admiral in general to step in. The data that you just described in terms of cost reflects the positive trend that the program is on in terms of driving down we enter the as inservice portion of the program, greater feasibility to the operating and support costs that we are able to attack and were seeing projections come down in that regard and it is all good. The ioc dates set by the Service Chiefs earlier this year that reported to co...

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The presiding officer the senator from new york. Mr. Schumer i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that as if in legislative session the senate proceed to the consideration of s. 1774, a bill it to reauthorize the undetectable firearms act of 1988 for one year introduced earlier today, that the bill be read three times and passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with n...

Senator, first off the air force understads the immediacy of necessity of Close Air Support. I believe the systems they have in place will provide us that immediacy. Again, as we use different platforms, we will have to work we will work through with the air force how we use those and how theyre best effective in supporting our Ground Forces as we move forward. Find it curious that you come over here with all the necessity for cost savings and the a10 costs for flying air is 17,000 for flying ho...

Good morning everybody. The Committee Meets this morning to review department of defense proposals relative to the growth of personnel costs. We welcome the joint chiefs of staff to testify on these proposals to explain why they support them, what their impact is on the force and their impact on other areas of the Defense Budget. Our witnesses on the first panel are general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general ray chiefs of st...

And still be eligible for these programs. I think that is a mistake. Thank you. Mr. Mcclintok. Did some states not follow the welfare reform requirements . I know back in california, the state excused people, the fiveyear time limit slightly reduced their benefits. The states Unemployment Rate which had been running well below the National Average had been running well above it. The reduction was miniscule to those experienced by other states. Did you study such comparisons . I have not done a f...

I think the v. A. Tries very hard to bring in counselors and psychologists who have that service. I will tell you that in vermont we initiated a program, an Outreach Program that is the people who do the outreach are all veterans. They are knocking on doors and talking to fellow veterans. That works well because they have a shared experience. They both know what they are talking about. I agree, everything being equal you want to get folks to do counseling who know what veterans have gone through...

Verification will end when the comprehensive solution ends. Then we revert back to the Additional Protocol and comprehensive safeguards. The same verification that every other country in the world is subject to. Its a critical question for the committee to ask, whether youre prepared today to agree that if iran behaves for a set period of time then were prepared to end their sanctions and prepared to end special scrutiny of iran and treat them as if they were japan. I point out in my testimony, ...

Monitoring provisions will be the main determinant of the agreement success and established the essential foundation for all the other provisions. Effect of monitoring needs to be able to detect a rapid breakout from some facilities known to us in a slow sneak out from covert facilities. In agreement with iran should hence provide one a full explanation of past Iranian Nuclear activities with possible military preventions and to irans Atomic Energy agency about such such activities explains who ...

With zero tolerance for cheating. An immediate test of irans willingness to cooperate rests with the iaeas attempts to clarify evidence the International Observer group has on the potential military dimensions of irans programs. For several years, iran has refused to provide information or explanation to the iaea on past bomb efforts. This includes the Parchin Military base where iran has gone to Great Lengths to eliminate all traces of any clandestine activity, including demolishing buildings a...