Defense budget and addressed sequestration and budget challenges posed by syria, r ussia, and iran. This runs about one hour and 50 minutes. If the committee will please come to order. Today, our subcommittee on defense appropriations reviews the budget request of the department of defense. We are very pleased to welcome secretary of defense Ashton Carter and chairman of the joint chief of staff general Martin Dempsey of the United States army. This is our final schedule hearing of the year on the 2016 Defense Budget request. The subcommittee recognizes the uncertainty of the current fiscal environment and the impact it has only department of defense in its planning. We also appreciate the complexity of building the first year 2016 budget request and we look forward to comments from secretary carter and general dempsey on how we can support our men and women in uniform and our National Security interests. We are pleased to recognize dr. Carter on his first appearance before the subcomm
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