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

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

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…

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?

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…

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

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).

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?

I am concerned that this will set the Iraqi security forces up for failures, as there is a real question as to whether they are ready to take on and defeat the insurgents.

We will see. I hope I am wrong. That is not what I am hearing from the people that actually are being deployed and are returning, including in my own State.

These are facts, Mr. Secretary. These are facts on paper, of e-mails that were sent within the DOD and by Boeing.