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Welcome. Im delighted to convene this hearing. This is a very important topic and one i know the Ranking Member finds significant. Im happy to partner with her in exploring this subject. I also know the gentleman from North Carolina mr. Jones is attending the hearing with us today, therefore i ask unanimous consent that mr. Jones and any other Committee Members not assigned to this committee be able to participate in this hearing with understanding all members will be regulared for questions prior to those not it is tongue subcommittee. Without objection so order. This morning we continue the committees oversight dialogue with the department that began last week with the foundational testimony that general campbell laid out before the full committee. General campbell testified about the evolving security situation in ....
Tragedy or strife. Were strong because we are resilient. Because in a decade after decade we have stood together to defend our security, our prosperity, our values. And because we have resisted attempt after attempt to divide and make us turn on one another, and above all we are strong because of the core beliefs that hold us together. We need to heed the advice of president kennedy on his trip to berlin, the year of this Munich Security Conference began. Lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today, he said, to the hopes of tomorrow. And if we do that, if we remember the values at the heart of our partnership, if we take the lessons of history that we have been able to accomplish and what this Incredible Alliance means, i have absolutely no doubt whatsoever were going to get this right, were going to get through this moment, and were going to build the prosper ....
Secretary hagel, you have my first two minutes, and general dempsey, you get the next two. So for secretary hagel, theres been no discussion yet of the oco request for 15, which is 5. 6 billion. Wondering not whats in it. We have some information on t t that. But what do you know about a current 2014 oco request through the end of the c sflshgs whats in that and why do you need additional 5. 6 billion in 15 give than theres authority for you at least through the cr for 2014 money . Well, the quick answer to your question as to why do we need additional, as i have noted in my testimony, part of that new additional money, the 5 billion for defense, is for a new train and equip program in iraq. When we had the budget hearings when the original oco submissions were made months and months ago, that wasnt the case. So it is a new and sustaining, and sustaining effort. The other the other dollars are for the continuation, which we didnt have six mos ago either, of our efforts in syria and ira ....