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good morning, everybody. the committee meets this morning to consider the nomination of general martin dempsey to be chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. it was not long ago that general denvercy came before us for his nomination hearing to being chief of the army. we welcome him back again with thanks to him of his 36 years of service to our nation and his willingness to serve as chief of staff. as we know general dempsey is a well qualified american soldier and lea...

right now we tend to have a role, but then the process is handed over to find a material solution. i think we have to partner more closely throughout the process from start to finish with industry. and i think we -- i think we need to take a shorter time horizon on acquisitions. the way requirements creep is when we have decade-long programs which allow it to remain open, and for guys like me to keep stuffing things through. i think the answer is greater collaboration between requireme...