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Duncan Hunter is a former Republican U.S. Representative from California, serving from 2009 to 2019. He represented California's 50th congressional district and was known for his strong support of military and veteran issues, as well as his advocacy for conservative fiscal policies. During his tenure, Hunter served on the House Armed Services Committee, where he focused on defense-related legislation. He was also involved in various initiatives related to border security and immigration reform.
I can't wait, and I look forward to working with you, and like I talked with the vice chief yesterday, on a way forward to work out how we can leverage and use the innovation and the ingenuity that exists in the open market in places like…
Because what we want is the best for the warfighter in the most economic way possible, the most efficient and least bureaucratic way forward to get into the warfighter's hand what they need.
I have got some information that 3rd ID [Infantry Division], contrary to what I have been told by the Army, still doesn't have the commercial off-the-shelf product that they are using in Afghanistan, back at Fort Stewart.
I think you were unfairly criticized by some of our colleagues, if you can call them that, in the Senate yesterday, for not giving the number of troops that you are going to recommend in the future.
I think it is a lot easier to go in on the beginning of a long war like we have in Afghanistan, or the middle of that war, it is tough to bring it home and to make it end and to do it the right way and actually win.
The President guts the Coast Guard acquisition budget, reducing it by $634 million or 41 percent below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level.
The request also slashes the budget to improve shoreside installations by nearly 95 percent.
I think we have whittled away enough on our personnel that now we're going to start eating into training programs.
I must tell you I am concerned about your performance, and there are a lot of people that are concerned about your performance.
It is questionable how much money just kind of went down the hole. You can say it is roughly $300 million just went away.
The President's request proposes to terminate or delay the acquisition of critically needed replacement assets.
You know. To get efficiencies and scale, and in building you have to do more than one.
To get efficiencies and scale, and in building you have to do more than one.
I want to know what you are doing to make that happen, because, I am telling you, I am getting very, very frustrated.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And this is probably appropriate coming after Mr. Jones speaking about the United States Marine Corps. I come before you today, Mr. Speaker, to talk about a great marine, a marine who was just in charge of Central…
I look forward to working with him and with the Coast Guard and the 113th Congress.
This is my first hearing as chairman of the subcommittee, and Congressman Garamendi's first hearing as the subcommittee's ranking member.
I would leave you with this, Admiral. The Coast Guard budget just about doubled over the last decade.
I would do everything that you can, and I would advise the Coast Guard to do everything that they can to keep operational capability where it is now.
Well, I think Admiral Papp has already told me if you have sequestration--I think you have three ships in South America. Is that true?
Thank the gentlelady for her question, and we do look forward and trust the NTSB and the Coast Guard to conduct a good investigation of what happened.
I would like to weigh in here and ask. You say you are going to take a 21-percent cut because of sequestration, and most of that is going to go towards operational capability?
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