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happened in new york last week, i think was a good thing, because what you saw was the people of new york having a debate, talking through these issues. it was contentious, it was emotional, but ultimately, they made a decision to recognize civil marriages. and i think that s exactly how things should work. and so i think it is important for us to work through these issues because each community is going to be different and each state is going to be different. we filed briefs before the supreme court that say we think that any discrimination against gays, lesbians, tredgeds, is sudget to scrutiny and we don t think doma is unconstitutional. i think the actions we re taking administratively all are how the process should work. are you at all uncomfortable that there are so many different rules in different states and some people even argue that [inaudible]. chuck, i thick what you re saying is a profound recognition on the part of the american people, the gays and l ....
the shoulder to shoulder commute and to work the use issues together. and it really is a piece of this that has huge not just near-term but long-term implications. in the end, it s relatively inexpensive if you get it right and you don t end up in any kind of conflict. i mean, wages compared the kind of resources we ve extended in these wars, the investments that we ve made on the military side, for instance, in egypt. $1.3 billion a year is not a small amount of money. when you look over 30 years from what the egyptian military was very specifically has done, it s been pretty extraordinary. were i ve seen it i ll use another example that i m extremely concerned about is in iraq. the budget we need the transition is we need to make sure that the state department budget here, in order to transition its supporting, for example. so there are near-term iraq, afghanistan, pakistan issue specifically, but also long-term, which these investments become preventative in establ ....
can to help them on the subcommittee realize what you need. thank you, mr. chairman. well, thank you, mr. chairman. , we are anxious to hear your presentation, so we invite you to make the statement as you prefer. your entire statement will be placed in the record and you present it to us in any way you like. thank you, mr. chairman. members of the committee, i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you, perhaps for the last time, to discuss the presidents budget request for the next fiscal year. at first like to thank the members of the committee for your support of the men and women in uniform would answer the call in time of war. i know you ll join me in doing everything to ensure they have all they need to accomplish their mission and come home safely. the budget request for the department of defense being presented today includes a base budget request for fy 12 of $553 billion in an overseas contingency operations request for 117.8 billion. i submitted sta ....