General, with regard to the boost phase systems, the boost phase interceptor has to be very fast or it has to get very close in order to be effective.

If you get to the time period of 2008 to 2012 that you talked about and start to deploy space-based assets, if we were to ever have a policy decision that you wanted to have them removed from space so that space would not be weaponized, is…

General Kadish, the GMD interceptor is supposed to get in-flight targeting update messages to steer it towards the target.

Secretary Crouch, if the administration launches space-based weapons such as the space-based boost phase interceptor test satellites, is it administration policy that such satellites should be capable of being removed from space after they…

Mr. Chairman, assured access to space is another issue...

The President's budget includes a significant increase in funding for Special Operations Forces (SOFs).

Secretary Rumsfeld, the chairman of the Nuclear Weapons Council has established a panel to examine 'the risks associated with not testing our nuclear weapons.'

Secretary Rumsfeld, Congress appropriated millions of dollars for JSIMS and its related Service programs in fiscal year 2003, how does DOD/JFCOM propose to use that funding now that they are all (with one exception) zeroed in the fiscal…

Thank you for trying to get your arms around this problem and steering us in a direction that best protects our country.

Well, bless you. Mr. Chairman, I would just conclude by saying two names, Scott Speicher, let's not forget him.

DOD should expand the authority of the National Guard Bureau within the Department of Defense to that of a separate entity.

I have just been told that that is being zeroed out in the fiscal year 2004 budget, which is hard for me to even imagine.

I think we all ought to be aware, because your colleagues do not seem to be aware of that.

Secretary Johnson, can you estimate the additional cost involved to bring the size of the fleet anywhere near the Chief of Naval Operation's target size?

current and future operations in the global war on terrorism are increasingly requiring mobilization of large numbers of Reserve component forces.

U.S. combat operations will continue to focus on targeting and destroying the remnants of terrorist forces in Afghanistan.

Secretary Rumsfeld, current and future operations in the global war on terrorism are increasingly requiring mobilization of large numbers of Reserve component forces.

Space-based radar (SBR) is a key element and will provide the capability to look deeply and persistently into areas that are inaccessible to current platforms.