Was the Feith operation supposed to look at intelligence through a different prism from the rest of the Intelligence Community?

Mr. Christie, is this engagement geometry at all similar to what one would expect to see if North Korea launched a missile at the U.S. west coast, and the interceptors deployed at Ft. Greeley were used to try to hit it?

General Kadish, how will you prevent a interceptor that goes off course, or a spent stage, from threatening populated areas?

Commercial petroleum inventories are low, retail product prices are high, and economic growth is slow.

If there is a small amount of oil being added each day, it is a much bigger proportion of the private inventory than it is of our SPR.

If you could submit to us for the record then what assumption you are making relative to the inventory for the out years, it would be helpful.

The majority of this funding is in pursuit of a rudimentary and uncertain defense against the unlikely long-range missile attack.

Combatting terrorism in the United States and abroad is the imperative of national security.

I think there is a very strong consensus here that you are moving in the right direction, meeting new threats.

This request is close to twice the entire 2005 budget request for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

In his State of the Union address in January, President Bush told us, 'in 2 weeks I will send you a budget that funds the war.'

All right. The ten in this year's budget.

So you do not know what part of the 30 would be launched as part of either developmental or operational testing, is that correct?

Mr. Christie, if the North Koreans ever did launch a missile at the U.S., would the resulting engagement be 'highly scripted,' as the tests now are?

The OMB said the missile defense program has, 'major flaws that would limit the program's effectiveness.'

Gas prices are at a record high, and what that chart shows is that over the last 2 years, the DOE has added about 85 million barrels to the SPR.

This is just a $25 billion blank check.

If there is, that would be for a third site?

Well, the issue is whether or not those are going to be part of a test bed or not.

How many of the Fort Greeley ones would be launched?

Secretary Wynne and General Kadish, as part of President Bush's Government Accountability Initiative, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has graded a number of defense programs, including missile defense.

Secretary Wynne, current law says that initial operational test and evaluation needs to be completed prior to going beyond 'low rate initial production' (LRIP).

The Government should avoid acquiring oil for the Reserve under these circumstances.

the price of gasoline, oil, and jet fuel now are at record highs. It is a drag on the economy.

As I indicated in my opening remarks, the budget that is before us does not include funding to pay for the incremental costs of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.