102 no 29 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS p+. 1 UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Docs 52-776 cc PART 1 (Pages 1-400) Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1992 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 RICHARD L. COLLINS, C. RICHARD D'AMATO, RAND H. FISHBEIN, CHARLES J. HOUY, JAY KIMMITT, PETER D. LENNON, MARY C. MARSHALL, JANE MCMULLAN, and DAVID MORRISON ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT MAVIS M. MASAKI and MAZIE R. MATTSON MINORITY STAFF STEVEN J. CORTESE, JIM MORHARD, and DONA L. PATE DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT GROUP HOUGHT ALBAUGH and JOHN J. YOUNG, JR. (II) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1993 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1992 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 9:06 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Inouye, DeConcini, Bumpers, Stevens, Specter, and Domenici. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE STATEMENT OF DONALD J. ATWOOD, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ACCOMPANIED BY SEAN O'KEEFE, COMPTROLLER OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR INOUYE Senator INOUYE. This morning the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense begins its hearing on the fiscal year 1993 DOD budget request. Our witness today is Hon. Donald J. Atwood, Deputy Secretary of Defense. Secretary Atwood will present an overview of the fiscal year 1993 defense budget request. Once again, I welcome you, sir. We welcome your insights into the fiscal year 1993 budget request and into the efforts the Department is making to adjust to the remarkable changes which continue to occur in the international security environment. As the weeks since the budget was submitted have demonstrated, there is vigorous disagreement within Congress as to whether the Pentagon adjustments to the new world order are too little, too much, or just enough. The Department's budget request tries to chart a new course for the American national security establishment. There are many changes in plans, programs, and policies, which the committee must examine. The Pentagon now plans an accelerated schedule to implement the reduced force structure of the base force, measure additional reductions in strategic nuclear forces, and acquisition programs have been proposed. An ostensibly new and certainly controversial acquisition policy is being promoted. Its impacts on our national industrial base could be significant. |