Into harms way without necessary readiness. Im having a very difficult time in light of the six months that weve been at war in iraq and syria against isis and in light of the president s authorization for the yoous of military force or aumf that is now before congress for this krgsz. Im having a very hard time understanding what the strategy is. And i want to make sure that, as my colleagues have said, that we fund our military well beyond the budget caps in the sequester levels. I agree with them there. I think perhaps more importantly, that we have the necessary strategy in place. Could you answer the strategy question for me . Certainly. First of all, strategy is does take in addition to geographic perspective, a multiyear commitment. Which is why annual budgetary turmoil isnt consistent with our strategy in taking a strategic view. With respect to the strategy against isil, the first thing id say is wed not only defeat isil, we need to defeat them in a lasting manner. We can defee
And that also and this is very important and this gets back to the earlier discussion of sequester if its in the base budget, it is the base upon which we build our future budgets, and we need stability. We need a horizon so that we know what our budget is going to be not only this year but in years to come. Otherwise, we cant spend it efficiently, and we cant spend it strategically. We need that kind of horizon and sequester is what robs us of that, and thats why its bad in a manage yearal sense for anybody who has their budget sequestered. General dempsey, do you want to speak to that and perhaps its affect on readiness . As you know, weve been trying to dig out of a readiness hole. We said three or four years ago if the wars in iraq and afghanistan ended then it would take us three or four years to recover our readiness because we were ready for ten years for a particular kind ever conflict, which you know better than most. And so we had to kind of recapture our credentials for othe
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Deeper impact because you have to get the money where you have to get it. You cant shed it quickliness. You cant shed excess infrastructure quickly enough. You cant terminate contracts because of the penalties involved. Even if youre taking more than you should out of readiness. I think readiness suffers more than you think. Thank you. Mr. Secretary, i share in the terms of my colleagues and the other o if i believes in the detriments of sequestration. But im also skbresed in efficient ways. Specifically, im thinking about the fact that we really dont know the kind of money that we are spending when it comes to service contractors. There is still yet to be enterprise. I believe the goal was to have 95 compliance by 2018. I dont think youre probably going to make that goal. So despite the numerous commitments on a senior level dod officials can you tell me when you will restart work on the ecmra . When youre going to use accepted army methodology . And when will you be insisting on comp
Military level over there and things at the political level, both of which are change inging. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And general dempsey, i join my colleagues in sending warm wishes your way and thank you you for your more years of serving o our great nation. Mr. Mccord, i would like to chat about the budget thats upcoming. The House Budget Committee chairman proposed boosting the Defense Budget with an increase of allocation. Is an oko dollar just as useful as a base budget dollar . In other words, should there be limitations on funding that Congress Needs to be mindful of . Both dollars are useful to us for purposes they are intended and needed. We dont need 36 or 38 billion in oko, but we need them in the base budget. Both have restrictions in law and in regulation. So if you had your choice, youd rather have the dollars in the regular budget as opposed to oko funding . Thats where we identified the needs and this is very important, and this gets back to the e