Tom Carper

Do they have service life yet left? Yes, they do.

We spent last year, Federal agencies... about almost $100 billion in 1 year, a lot of the overpayments.

The President has been quite vocal about doubling our exports over the next 5 years, and this might be one for the Administration to focus a bit on.

Roughly how many acres? Any idea?

But it turns out we do not. We borrow. If we do not have the resources, we just go out and borrow the money to buy them.

What else were they building? C-130s?

We have been told that we ought to buy more C-17s in order to keep the C-17 production line alive...

That is not sustainable.

Could you recommend some things that our government, Executive and Legislative Branches working together, might do to incentivize and encourage those foreign sales?

Just for the record. Thank you.

One of the things that the President has been pushing in recent months is to, I think, double over the next 5 years our exports from this country.

Far be it from me to prejudge, but if later on the modernization program for the C-5Bs goes well...

If we retire 22 C-5As over the next 2 years, did I understand that the savings would be about $320 million.

We do not just print money. Some people think we just print money.

Some members publicly took him to task for that statement and differed with him on that.

Without objection, your entire testimony, including those remarks, will be included.

Let me just interrupt for a moment. As I said earlier to the first panel, sometimes repetition is helpful.

We look forward to working with you, not just with respect to providing cost-effective airlift but other ways to save money and to do so in a way that does not undermine our security of this country and our ability to defend itself.

In fact, we are over capacity to the point that we had in dialogue with Senator McCain.

I do not always do this, but I want to do this today.

I think it is one of the things that has led Secretary Gates, this Administration, and the last Administration to recommend to us that we go forward with the C-5 modernization.

We do not need any more C-17s.

But beyond the engines?

Repetition is good. We call it staying on message.

Last month, Secretary Gates announced that the Pentagon will attempt to cut its budget by more than $100 billion over the next 5 years.