General Jumper, how does the Air Force plan to deal with the unexploded ordnance issue for the BLU-97 sub-munitions in WCMD and WCMD-ER?

Secretary Rumsfeld, MDA states that the Initial Defensive Operations system will not be considered to have achieved Initial Defensive Capability until after an assessment from the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E).

I am very hopeful that in the long term Iraq will become more stable.

As Senator Levin pointed out, your own DIA in September 2002 said: 'There is no reliable information'--'no reliable information,' Mr. Secretary--'whether Iraq is producing, stockpiling, chemical weapons or where Iraq has or will establish…

Does it bother you when there are many members of the Defense Policy and Science Board who were lobbying DOD and Air Force officials to approve the lease of 100 Boeing 767s?

I remain convinced, as I have written to Secretary Rumsfeld, the President, and others in the administration, that the recall of units of the Iraqi army at the middle grade and below would have been a better way to help handle the…

General Jumper, can you explain why the BLU-97 submunition unexploded ordnance hazard issue does not make the existing submunitions inventory obsolete?

General Jumper, why has the Air Force chosen to leave a joint program after development is complete?

I would like you to discuss the implementation of the 18-18-18 plan that Senator Bayh and I included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.

What is being done to ensure that there are an adequate number of junior aviators?

Will the administration continue to oppose legislative efforts by Congress to increase end strength?

General Schoomaker, please provide a copy of both the May 31, 2003, and the final version of the FCSs 'other transaction authorization' agreement.

Does it bother you when, even after you had put a pause on the Boeing tanker deal, that Mr. Sambur sends out an e-mail that says the "lease should be published today because all concerns concerning Ms. Druyun have been resolved"?

You answered my question, Mr. Secretary. I would like your long answer to be made part of the record, okay?

I am sorry it took you so long to reach that conclusion.

Iraq, a nation that for decades had known only tyranny and oppression, is now moving forward to a future of freedom and opportunity for all of its people.

Do you plan on relying on supplemental spending bills for the next 4 years to pay for this increase?

It seems to me that the need for a 'pause' prompted by the OIG's assessment applies with equal if not greater force to the Justice Department's investigation.