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Congress . The request includes 715

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billion for the Department of Defense

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To speak about these critical

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investments for the department . We

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have a days long schedule of briefers

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for you here today , including

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controller and J8 But first Deputy

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Secretary of Defense dr Kathleen Hicks

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will join us to provide opening remarks

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on the vision in key priorities as laid

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out in the budget . Now the Deputy

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secretary does have a hard stop after

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this will not be taking questions .

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However , please do note that there's

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ample time devoted at the end of the

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briefing for questions . So with that

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I'd like to welcome Deputy Secretary

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Defense Hicks

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thank you Jamal and thanks to all of

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you for being here today before

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providing some brief opening remarks

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and I'll be turning it over to Miss

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Mcandrew who I think you know is

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performing the duties of the Under

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Secretary of Defense for Controller and

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Vice Admiral Box . All our Director of

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four structure Resources and Assessment

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at the Joint Staff . I do want to

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publicly thank and Ron and their entire

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teams . There are so many moving pieces

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to this budget as you are about to hear

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over the coming hours . Um It's an

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incredible size and scope and they have

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done an especially skillful job in a

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difficult environment this year . So

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thank you to them . As Secretary Austin

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has stated , he is committed to

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matching resources to strategy ,

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strategy to policies and policies to

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the will of the American people .

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President Biden's FY 2022 defense

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budget request of $715 billion dollars

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does just that . The request is

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directed by the President's interim

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national Security strategic guidance

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and further guided by the secretary .

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Austin's message to the force which

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lays out three priority areas for the

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department , defend the nation , take

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care of our people and succeed through

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teamwork to defend the nation . The

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department in this budget takes a clear

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eyed approach to Beijing and provides

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the investments to prioritize china As

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our pacing challenge , the PRC has

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become increasingly competitive in the

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indo pacific region and around the

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world . It has the economic , military

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and technological capability to

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challenge the international system and

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american interests within it . It does

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so along a continuum of conflict ,

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ranging from routine statecraft to

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coercive behavior to the potential for

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combat operations . Most immediately .

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Defending the nation means defeating

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COVID-19 . You will see investments

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that reestablish diodes important role

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in pandemic preparedness and health

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force protection . Defending the nation

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also means addressing the damaging

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effects of climate change on our

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military installations simultaneously .

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We need to address dress excuse me ,

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advanced and persistent threats

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emanating from Russia , Iran North

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Korea and other doctors . Non state and

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transnational included . Of note , this

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budget reflects the president's

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decision to withdraw all US forces from

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Afghanistan by september 11 2021

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provide over the horizon capability for

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counterterrorism and Afghan national

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security forces support . As the

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president's interim guidance makes

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clear advancing America's national

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security interests requires a whole of

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government approach . Oftentimes that

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will mean that the Defense Department

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serves in a supporting role to

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diplomatic and economic tools . This

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puts the United States in the best

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position to avoid conflict and

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peacefully advance our interests .

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However , to deter aggression , the U .

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S . Military will need to be ready .

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The FY 2022 request provides the

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resources necessary to ensure that d .

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o . d . maintains that credible

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deterrent by sustaining readiness and

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protecting investments in critical

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capabilities . The budget also

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documents some of the tough choices we

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had to make . We lessen our reliance on

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vulnerable systems that are no longer

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suited for today's advanced threat

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environment or are too costly to

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sustain critically We reallocate

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resources to fund research and

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development in advanced technologies

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such as micro electronics . This will

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provide the foundation for fielding a

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full range of needed capabilities such

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as hypersonic missiles , artificial

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intelligence and 5G . Modernizing also

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means bolstering our capabilities in

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cyberspace . This request ensures that

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the joint force maintains the ability

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to succeed in a contested cyber

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environment . It provides the resources

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for the department to defend forward

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and continues building cyber resiliency

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and protecting critical infrastructure ,

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deterring Beijing and others who would

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threaten our security also means

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leveraging our greatest strategic

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asymmetry relative to those global

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competitors are network of allies and

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partners In succeeding through teamwork .

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The FY 2022 requests strengthens our

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relationship with our friends across

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the globe . It modernizes our alliances

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and further promotes interoperability

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more than this . It also strives to

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ensure that the department is working

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with all those across the nation who

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have a role in our national security .

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That includes focusing investment in

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american manufacturing and innovation ,

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especially in underrepresented

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populations and small businesses .

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Doing so means that we will not only

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build back better but bolster America's

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national security industrial base . The

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president's request also ensures that

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we continue to care for D . O . D . S .

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Total Force . We have prioritized

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growing our talent by providing pay

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raises for both military and civilian

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personnel . We seek to make investments

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in the workforce where the department

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has critical needs . The request also

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looks to build an increasingly

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resilient force , one that recognizes

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and embraces its diversity as a

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strength . We also make investments in

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the military health system and a host

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of family assistance programs in

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assuring accountable leadership in the

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department . The budget supports sexual

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assault and harassment prevention and

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while the vast majority of those at D .

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O . D . Serve their country and uphold

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their oath to the constitution with

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honor and integrity , we must be ready

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to address insider threats and

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extremism . The budget provides funding

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to strengthen diode is ability to

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identify and address such threats in

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its ranks To ensure that our

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investments are aligned with our

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priorities are FY20 to request has been

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subjected to a reform process that

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realigned spending and reduced costs .

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The majority of these savings were

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generated by improving business

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processes , reforming policy and

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focusing on divestments . Part of that

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reform process is ensuring that the

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department conducts a consolidated

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financial audit . Not only does audit

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assist informing strategy , but it

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provides transparent accountability to

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the american people as directed by the

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interim guidance defending America also

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means setting clear priorities within

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our defense budget . The president's

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strategy driven budget request achieves

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that goal and positions the Department

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of Defense to meet the array of

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security challenges that we face today

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and in the future . Thank you for your

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time today , Miss Mcandrew and Admiral

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Boxing will be up momentarily . Thank

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you .

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All right , good afternoon and thank

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you for coming . I'd like to remind

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everyone that today's briefing is on .

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The Department of Defense is fiscal

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year 22 budget request . Speaking with

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you today are performing the duties of

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Under Secretary of Defense Control or

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Chief Financial Officer . Amick Andrew

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and director for structure resources

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and Assessment with the Joint Staff

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Vice Admiral Boxing . We have 25

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minutes for the budget overview

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presentation , followed by 10 minutes

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for questions attribution is on the

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record . Prior to asking your question ,

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please state your name and your

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affiliation ask that you limit

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yourselves to one question and one

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follow up question so that everyone has

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an opportunity in the room and on the

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phone to ask a question . I'll let you

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know when they were nearing the end .

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And there's time for one last question

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with that's my pleasure to introduce

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Miss Amick Andrew . And Vice Admiral

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Fox will thank you chris um thank you

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all for coming here today . Um Vice

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Admiral but also and I will give you an

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overview of our budget request and then

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we will take questions after our

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presentation . Yeah , The fiscal year

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22 defense budget reflects the

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president's national security values

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and priorities . It's a strategy based

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budget aligned with presidents ,

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interim national security strategic

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guidance , which emphasizes the solemn

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obligation to protect the security of

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the american people , enduring interest

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in expanding economic prosperity and

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opportunity , and a commitment to

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realizing and defending the democratic

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values at the heart of the american way

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of life to meet the goals illustrated

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here , the budget request takes a

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broader approach to national security

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to address threats such as climate

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change , covid 19 and extremism makes

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smart and discipline choices regarding

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our national defense , particularly by

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aligning our resources to evolving

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threats and addresses strategic

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competition with china through

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calculated defense investments .

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That's right . Fiscal year 22 budget is

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further informed by the secretary's

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message to the force which builds on

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the interim guidance and outlines their

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defense priorities . The message to the

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forces . Three overarching priorities

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drive our fiscal year 22 investments .

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They are defend the nation , take care

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of our people and succeed through

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teamwork . The budget prioritizes the

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china threat as the department's pacing

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challenge . We will continue to

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modernize our forces global posture and

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operational concepts to ensure military

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is capable of deterring and defending

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against aggression in the indo pacific

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that would undermine the security of

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both the United States and our allies .

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The budget also ensures that the

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department is capable of managing other

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advanced and persistent threats ,

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including those stemming from Russia ,

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Iran and north Korea and violent

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extremist organizations addressing the

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range of threats facing the nation will

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require the department to work in close

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partnership with our interagency and

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international partners . The budget

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also invests in innovative technologies

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that will deliver new more fighting

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advantages to our forces , including

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artificial intelligence , hypersonic

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technology and cyber capabilities ,

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among others to facilitate our

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investments in innovation . The budget

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shifts resources away from older

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platforms and systems that are ill

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suited to the current and future threat

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environments . Finally , the budget

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invests in duties greatest advantage

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its workforce , taking care of our

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people and their physical , mental and

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emotional health is among the

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department's highest priorities . And

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duties . Budget invests in the growth

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and development of our total workforce ,

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both military and civilian . By

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investing in America's enduring

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advantages , including our people . The

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fiscal year 22 budget ensures the

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department can meet today's challenges

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and be prepared for future challenges

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from a position of strength and in

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support of the administration's agenda

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to build back better next

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the fiscal year 22 budget request for

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the Department's defense is $715

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billion . An increase of 1.6% from the

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fiscal Year 21 enacted level . The

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request reflects a shift in resources

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to match our current priorities .

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Specifically , the department's focus

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on china requires additional

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investments for the Navy , An air force

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and the reduction for the army reflects

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the president's decision to withdraw

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all US . troops from Afghanistan by the

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beginning of fiscal year 22 . We

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nevertheless retain funds for an over

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the horizon capability outside

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Afghanistan and to deter Iran As we

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prioritize the indo pacific . We must

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also ensure that the components have

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sufficient resources to transition out

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of Afghanistan responsibly for the

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first time since 9 11 . The direct war

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and enduring operations costs are

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included within the base budget request

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vice in a separate overseas contingency

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operations . Okay , request overall

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these requirements total $42.1 billion .

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A 22% decrease from the fiscal year 21

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level next .

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Under our first priority of defending

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the nation , we will commit to

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supporting the federal government's

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efforts to defeat COVID-19 . For as

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long as the pandemic remains a threat

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so far , we have made tremendous

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strides towards defeating the virus .

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Fiscal year 22 requests includes over

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500 million dollars for Covid 19 and

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pandemic preparedness activities . Now

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to china to address china's growing

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influence , this budget focuses on

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developing the right operational

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concepts , capabilities and plans to

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deter and maintain our competitive

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advantage against china . Specifically ,

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the department leverage the pacific

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deterrence initiative P . D . I . To

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highlight investments in support of our

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efforts while also focusing our

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resources appropriately . The budget

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also addresses the need to confront

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regional nation state threats while

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disrupting transnational and non state

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actor threats . To meet these

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challenges , The department must

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innovate and modernize at speed and

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scale the budget , advances technology

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in key operational areas while making

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needed divestments of capabilities no

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longer optimized for the current or

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future environment . Finally , the

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budget make smart investments in the

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military resilience for climate change .

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Climate must remain a national security

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priority and we will integrate climate

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concerns into our policy strategy and

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partner engagements . Next .

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In our shift towards the end of pacific

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we're making targeted posture

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investments in the Western specific ,

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totaling $5.1 billion in the pacific

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deterrence initiative . The P . D . I .

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Was established to highlight select D .

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O . D . Investments and activities

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across the joint force that bolster

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deterrence and maintain our competitive

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advantage in the indo pacific region .

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The P . D . A . Is not a separate fund ,

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but a subset of the department's budget

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request for investments especially

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important to developing the robust

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capability required to maintain pacific

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deterrence . In addition to what is

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featured in the P . D . I . The

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department's budget includes other

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critical investments in the indo

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pacific region for fiscal year 22 as

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this year represents the first ever P .

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D . I . Presentation . The department

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expects modifications to the P . D . I .

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Display in the future budgets as we

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work with Congress to make refinements .

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Next , As

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Secretary Austin and the president have

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emphasized , we must make climate

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change a priority . It affects all of

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us , and the entire federal government

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and the nation must work together to

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tackle this present and growing

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challenge . Our budget requests $617

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million dollars of new investments to

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make our installations more resilient

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And the department better prepare to

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address this vital challenge . We're

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requesting $263 million

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$186 million

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$153 million dollars in

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investments to mitigate the

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department's climate impact and

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capitalize on docs buying power And $15

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million dollars for climate contingency

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and preparedness to incorporate climate

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risks into war games exercises and

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other planning tools to ensure we

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understand the impacts of climate

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change on the mission and are prepared

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to respond planning for today and into

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the future is our business and we

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wouldn't be doing our job if we weren't

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thinking about how climate change

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affects what we do . We need to ensure

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beauty , facilities and equipment are

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energy efficient and can operate

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without disruption . I will turn it

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over to now . Admiral boxer . Thank you .

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Mr . Mcandrew . Good afternoon .

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Strategic deterrence is foundational to

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every mission the US , our allies and

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partners execute equally important . A

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strong nuclear deterrent enables US

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diplomacy reassures allies , deters

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adversaries and leads to a peaceful

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resolution of international disputes .

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Today's triad is safe , secure and

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effective . However , key systems are

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beyond their original design lives .

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This budget invests over $27 billion

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cold war era systems in all three legs

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of the nuclear triad . The Budget

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Continues Columbia class ballistic

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missile , submarine production for 2028

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delivery . It also funds the ground

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based strategic deterrent G . B . S . D .

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And B 21 bomber to replace aging I . C .

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B . M . S . And bombers . In the 20

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twenties ballistic cruise and

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hypersonic missile technology

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proliferation elevates the threat of

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strategic attack from a growing number

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of potential adversaries . Our FY 22

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missile defeat and defense request of

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$20.4 billion dollars continues to

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develop the next generation interceptor

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to defend the nation from missile

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attack . Our budget also strengthens

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regional missile defense by fielding

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improved patriot missiles , developing

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a new terminal high altitude area

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defense that interceptor and deploying

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four US Army short range air defense

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battalions in fiscal year 2023

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china and Russia are fielding

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conventional long range and hypersonic

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weapons with the capability to threaten

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our allies , partners and U . S .

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Forces from extended standoff ranges .

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This budget enables $6.6 billion

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dollars to develop multi domain long

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range fires that will allow us forces

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to hold our adversaries at risk and

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operationally relevant ranges . The FY

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22 budget will field hypersonic weapons

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on air , land and sea platforms . We

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begin production of the air launch

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rapid response weapon or arrow . And we

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will deliver this hypersonic missile

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from an air platform in 2022 . In 2023

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the army will field long range

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hypersonic weapon , L . R . H . W .

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From land batteries . And in 2025 the

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Navy will feel the conventional prompt

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strike hypersonic weapon on board DDG

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1000 . Worship That flight 22 budget

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request also procured and modernized

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subsonic offensive missiles ,

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increasing the procurement quantity of

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the joint air to surface standoff

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missile , extended range jazz um er and

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long range anti ship missile terrorism .

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Finally , we continue to modernize and

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secure Tomahawk cruise missiles with

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increased survivability and expanded

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target sets . Our budget integrates

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this capable cost effective weapon into

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army and Marine Corps missile batteries .

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Beginning in 2023 . Mr Mcandrew will

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now discuss our investments in science

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technology and advanced capability

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enablers In order to modernize and

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innovate and keep up with the

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revolution in technology that is

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already underway . The budget makes the

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largest investment ever in our de tne

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at $112 billion , Increasing by more

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than 5% over the fiscal year 21

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requested level . While science and

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technology funding increases by 4.1%

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over the fiscal year 21 request ,

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guided by a new innovation steering

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group . The department is addressing

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ways we can transform , organized and

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resource and sustain our technological

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military edge while best leveraging the

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U . S . Technology and innovation

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sector . The request prioritizes

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technologies that we categorize as

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advanced capability enablers ,

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innovations that vastly increase our

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military capabilities in some cases

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Uprooting established technologies in

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ways that render prior technologies or

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capabilities obsolete . There are more

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advanced capability and neighbors than

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we have time to address . But I have

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highlighted a few here , such as

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microelectronic artificial intelligence

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and five G . In addition to hypersonic

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capability discussed previously by

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Admiral Box . So next ,

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The FY 22 budget develops , procured

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and modernizes air , naval and ground

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forces that will project greater power

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at longer ranges and with higher speed .

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First , we invest over $52 billion

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dollars to develop and field lethal air

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forces in technical in technical

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aviation . We continue to feel the mix

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of 4th and 5th generation fighter

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aircraft by procuring 12 F 15 E . X

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fighters , 85 new F 30 fives and

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modernizing the existing F 35 fleet .

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The department also invests $1.5

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billion to develop next generation air

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dominance capabilities . Were also

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modernizing our mobile air forces by

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procuring 14 new KC 46 tankers to

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replace the aging tanker fleet . The F-

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22 budget invests $34.6 billion dollars

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to modernize our naval forces with a

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balanced fleet of manned and unmanned

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platforms and maintains a healthy

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shipbuilding industrial base . The

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department invests 22.6 billion for

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shipbuilding to procure eight battle

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for ships including one destroyer , one

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frigate to Virginia submarines . We are

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also invest over six billion to develop

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the future expeditionary marine force

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and with congressional support , we

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will revitalize our sealift fleet by

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purchasing five used vessels . Finally ,

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the FY 22 budget invests $12.3 billion

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dollars to provide our soldiers with

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greater firepower and more reliable

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systems . The army is procuring 110

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Precision strike missiles that will

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increase volume and speed of fires At

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the soldier level . We are developing

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next generation combat vehicles and

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we'll deliver next generation squad

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weapons to the first . Units in Fy 22

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china and Russia are challenging us

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advantage in space by fielding weapons

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to deny or destroy our space

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capabilities , lasers , electronic

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warfare grappling systems and direct

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action projectiles are a few

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technologies our adversaries have

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fielded or developing to blind jam or

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destroy US space systems . The FY 22

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budget invests $20.6 billion us

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capability in space to deter conflict

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and prevail in a global all domain

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fight . Our budget improves missile

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warning by investing $2.6 billion

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dollars to develop the next generation

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overhead persistent infrared satellite .

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We also invest $1.8 billion gps follow

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on satellites and to harden precision

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navigation and timing signals that will

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enable gps degraded operations .

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Finally , the department funds five

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space launch vehicles to provide

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assured access to space and invests in

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proliferated low earth orbit data

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transport and missile warning solutions .

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As in space US , prosperity and

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military success depends on defending

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our networks while holding our

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adversaries and non state actors at

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risk with offensive cyber capability .

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The solar winds event demonstrates the

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need for a robust , modern and ready

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cyber force . The F- 22 budget requests

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over $10 million Cyberspace . Our

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investments improve the technology that

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will assure next generation weapons

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systems are protected from intrusion

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and attack . We're also embedding zero

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Trust architecture into defense

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networks for more selective user

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credential verification . We invest in

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cyberspace operations to improve

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offensive and defensive cyber effects .

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Our cyberspace investments will fund

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for additional cyber mission force

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teams to hold targets at risk and

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defend against malicious actors . We

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are also investing to improve readiness

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of the nation's cyber forces by funding

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cyber ranges to enable training and

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exercises in the cyber domain . Yeah .

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In order to innovate and modernize at

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the speed and scale appropriate to meet

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our challenges , we need to divest from

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older and less capable platforms and

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programs . These programs no longer

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meet our mission and our security needs

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and we believe these freedom resources

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are needed to fund higher priority

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programs . The budget will propose to

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$8 billion dollars in divestments ,

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mainly from the Decommissioning of

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ships including the L . C . S . And

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aircraft such as the 8 10 . Making the

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decision to divest from these programs

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big or small was not easy and was not

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taken lightly . I understand the

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importance of these programs to many

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communities across the country and we

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will need to partner with Congress to

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see how we can work together on this

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next . We must ensure that the joint

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force is the best maintained and our

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servicemen and women remain the best

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trained and best equipped in the world .

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The FY 22 budget request of $1,122.1

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billion dollars continues the trend to

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build military readiness from ranges

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two flying hours . The department is

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looking at readiness differently than

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in past years . For example , the

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budget improves maintenance data

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analytics and parts availability ,

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which will enable military and civilian

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maintainers to repair ships , aircraft

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and brigades and shipyards . Hangers

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and depots with greater agility . As

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discussed by Miss Mcandrew , we will

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continue to work with Congress to

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divest legacy platforms that overburden

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readiness accounts without divestments .

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We cannot afford to modernize to

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evolving threat environment . Last

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budget reflects the president's

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decision to withdraw from Afghanistan .

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In addition to fiscal savings . Re

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posturing will enable responsive and

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flexible global allocation of the joint

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force . In his message to the force ,

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the secretary identify taking care of

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our people as one of his top priorities .

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To do this , the department is

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committed to providing a competitive

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compensation package for those

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individuals willing to voluntarily

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serve their country , including A 2.7%

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pay raise for both military and

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civilian personnel . This commitment is

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built into the fiscal 22 budget

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requests and is demonstrated by the

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number of initiatives And programs to

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support professional development and to

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take care of service members and their

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families . For instance , the budget

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includes over $8.6 billion , which is

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almost 3% above the 21 enacted level

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for family support and quality of life

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programs that are important in

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attracting and retaining equality force .

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Also , ensuring participation of a

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diverse workforce , requires

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investments and access to child care

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and support to families with dependent

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with special educational and or medical

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needs . Taking care of our people also

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means providing a safe environment for

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our people to work , grow and advance .

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The request includes funds for Sexual

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assault Prevention and response ,

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including funding to establish the

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Defense Center for Excellence for

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Sexual Assault Prevention Response ,

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education and Training . Next

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another way in which the budget request

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emphasizes the need to take care of our

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people , relates to the facilities that

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we provide for our service members ,

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families and workforce For facilities .

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The budget invests nearly $10 billion

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$15

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billion dollars for facilities ,

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restoration , sustainment , restoration ,

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and modernization . This growth

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includes the construction projects that

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were previously deferred to find border

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wall projects . We will fund those

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projects that are still needed in

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fiscal year 21 with the funds that will

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be returned to the components . And the

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22 budget also includes almost $700

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million dollars To fund those projects

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that are executed in fiscal year 22 .

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Our facilities investment builds on

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previous budget requests and

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congressional investments and

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environmental cleanup activities and

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ensures that all execute herbal

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activities for the remediation of party

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flora kill substances Are fully find it

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in fiscal year 22 importantly , the

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budget request reaffirms the

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department's commitment to enduring ,

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ensuring that both privatised and

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government housing is safe , High

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quality and well maintained . To that

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end , the budget continues sustained

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funding of over $50 million dollars

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higher than the amount requested just

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two years ago . Next . Under the

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theme of succeeding through teamwork ,

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we re prioritize we prioritize the

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rebuilding of our relationships

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worldwide to ensure that the U . S .

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Maintains a competitive edge . The

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department recognizes that we must work

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and through our allies and partners to

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advance shared interests , deter key

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threats and help allies and partners

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effectively defend their sovereignty

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based on a foundation of mutual respect

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and accountability . The budget also

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supports build back better initiatives

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here in the United States by investing

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in critical supply chains , the U . S .

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Manufacturing workforce , small

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businesses and military families . The

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budget emphasizes this in several ways .

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For instance , the budget includes $3.3

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billion for the Afghan Security Forces

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Fund and $3.7 billion for the european

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deterrence initiative . To name just a

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few , the D . O . D . Understands it

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cannot address the many complex

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security challenges confronting the U .

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S . Alone . Congress , the other

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federal agencies , private industry and

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the american people are all

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indispensable stakeholders and partners

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in our efforts to secure the nation's

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defense . That's why

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Personnel and military and strength in

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particular provide the backbone for all

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of the departments operations . The

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department's request for and strengthen

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fiscal 22 is 2.146 million . A slight

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decrease from fiscal 21 projected

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levels . The shift across the services

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represent the trade offs made and

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aligning our and strength with our

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priorities . The departments and

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strength is not growing based on the

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department's shift and focus towards

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the pacing challenge of china and the

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indo pacific region . The Navy's

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reduction is driven by the

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Decommissioning of several ships ,

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including four L . C . S . S . And an L .

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G . Six . The Marine Corps is

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continuing their progression toward

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their force designed 2030 a set of

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larger reform initiatives aimed at

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internally generating resources through

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divestitures for the Air Force . The

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fiscal Year 22 decline is driven by

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decreases to legacy force structure

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requirements such as C 1 30 H & F 16

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modernization , as well as a

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realignment of US space Force mission

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transfers . The space force increase

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reflects the continuing realignment of

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space force missions from other

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services . The fiscal year 22 growth is

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primarily driven by air force to space

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force realignments of various national

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intelligence program personnel . Next

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the next three slides provide

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additional quantity and funding details

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on some of our major investments across

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the department , many of which Admiral

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Boxer has already touched on this slide

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highlights the major investments in

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nuclear deterrence and missile defeat

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and defense . That's why

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this chart displays the funding and

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quantities for aircraft and

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shipbuilding programs . For instance ,

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the aircraft as uh Admiral Boxer

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indicated 85 F 35 which is six more

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than last year's request . And for

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shipbuilding . The budget requests

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eight Battle force ships in fiscal year

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22 . The same number as the fiscal year

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21 request next five .

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And this chart displays the funding

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qualities for various space , ground

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ammunitions , programs , launch

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vehicles , global positioning systems ,

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enterprise space based overhead ,

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persistence and fair systems that

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Admiral Box already touched on . That's

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like . And finally , this is a

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look at our fiscal 22 budget requests

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as compared to the fiscal 21 enacted

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budget by appropriation title . The

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budget supports the president's interim

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national security strategic guidance

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follows that the secretary's priorities

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and promote security for the nation

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while meeting the needs of our most

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important resource , our people

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at this time , I'd like to turn it over

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to chris I'm robots and I will welcome

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your questions . Okay . Okay . Thank

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you . We'll go over to laura uh huh .

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Funding for Afghanistan this year for

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us . So what exactly is that going to ?

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What is the full number ? Okay .

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Yeah . Yeah .

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Okay .

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So the Afghanistan um funding

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uh primarily includes the biggest

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pieces the A . S . F . F . Which is the

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Afghan security uh Special security

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afghan security forces . Fun . It's

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about $3.3 billion . It also includes

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funds for equipment reset . Um It also

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includes classified programs . Those

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are the few that is included in the

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eight um Mhm .

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Mhm .

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$3.9 billion Operation Freedom sentinel

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um direct ward costs in fiscal 22 . And

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so why ? Um why the 3.3 Why is that an

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increase from last year ? It was three

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billion last year's from the documents .

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So um we believe that given that we're

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pulling out of Afghanistan , we need to

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provide some additional security .

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super support for the uh for the forces

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there . Alright , We're gonna go ahead

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and go to the phone lines if I can go

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over to Tony Burton , aka Inside

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Defense . Yes , thank you very much . I

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wanted to come to the proposed

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divestitures . Congress traditionally

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doesn't grant a lot of these . Uh and I

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was wondering what kind of political

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capital the Secretary of Defense and

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the pentagon are prepared to spend to

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get these divestitures ? How important

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are they ? And how seriously is the

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pentagon taking them ?

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I'm in order for

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us to given the focus on

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uh the pacing challenge of china when

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um the other challenge that we have in

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the department , we must divest from

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our older , less capable , vulnerable ,

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um underperforming systems in order to

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invest in the capabilities that we need

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um most for the future . So the

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secretary is uh has indicated that he

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is , he wants to work with Congress to

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ensure that we can divest so that we

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can also , so that we can divest to

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invest in the future capabilities um ,

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such as hyper sonics , uh , more

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capable warships , such as the s a

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sense with the Brazilian payload module ,

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um , that has the improved deep

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strike capabilities um , just to name

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of few . Um , yeah , if I could just

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add , I mean , if you look at , you

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know , it's key for us to look at the

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we have to spend some money on

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readiness . We have to spend some money

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on modernization to spend some money on

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a cure procurement . Finding that

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balance is really the challenge in

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almost any budget as we look forward to

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the direction , the clear direction and

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your national security strategy .

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Clearly that direction is to go to

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China as it was in the 2018 NFS . So we

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look and we say , well , what are the

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forces that we've had ? What are they

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doing and what are the forces we need ?

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What do they look like ? And that's

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really what guided us . So you'll see

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in here again , you know , as you talk

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about going to Congress , we have a lot

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of work to do to ensure that they

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understand exactly what we're trying to

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do here a tens , for example . Uh , you

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know , we are going to divest to 42 a

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tens , but we also invest . And uh , we

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keep around 239 8 tens as well . We'll

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need those in the future to keep

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capacity . But we also need capability .

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And some of those we talked about , you

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know , hypersonic five G ai , all those

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types of investments . Everything we ,

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we every from everything we've failed

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to divest adequately and we have to

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find those funds , neither our ability

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to operate the force or how fast we

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modernize and we feel that we need to

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kind of get after modernization . The

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chairman has been very clear on that .

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Okay . We have only one more question

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please . That says steve yes . We just

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to drill down on the pacific deterrence

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initiative . There's a $400 million

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added to what indo pak um requested .

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So I was wondering if you could provide

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the delta , what was changed and then

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within the P . D . I . Uh is there how

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much funding is is there for space

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based persistent radar ?

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So , well , again for us , she's

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looking up those numbers just from a

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general perspective . I mean the whole

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department is kind of shifting its

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focus on china and therefore by

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extension the pacific so trying to

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figure out exactly how much capability

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goes specifically to one combatant

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Commander . When we're investing in

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things like joint , all domain command

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and control . When we think about space

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based missile warning , a lot of those

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other technologies . So you know how

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that's why this is an initial cut at

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the P . D . I will continue to have a

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dialogue on it . One of the things ,

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for example , was in there was 118 to

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figure out what we do about protection

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on Guam . That was one of the

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priorities for for for the center or

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the ndp com Commander . So as we look

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towards trying to solve those

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challenges , you know , some are global

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challenges , but we did do want to kind

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of highlight those that are

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specifically in an initiative , in the

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pacific kind of like we have an

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initiative uh in europe . So um since

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you seem to know already know that $400

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million p . D . I . They asked they

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identified um for $28 billion 3.7 was

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already um four point $8 billion

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dollars I think and then be funded .

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Mhm . Yeah . 5.1 Overall . No I'm

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talking about pay comment , identified .

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Um Yeah they identified Department has

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resource , $3.6 billion $4.8 billion

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1251 before that they

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sent to Congress . So 400 of that is in

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the p . d . I . Okay and then so does

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that answer your question ? Okay . We

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do have a hard stop at this point and

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that's the that's all the time we have

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at this time . If you have any further

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questions , reach out to me , you know

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what I said ? Anyone online as well on

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the phone , please reach out to me . If

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you have any further questions , thank

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you for your time . That ends our our

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briefing . Thank you .