I don't think I've ever heard an agency head say, including in my time at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), that a 5 percent reduction in spending was not a cut.

We had a mutually assured destruction approach that really has dissolved now.

Thank you, Madam Chair, for this hearing and for our previous one, where we had the opportunity to speak with some of your colleagues in closed session.

Clearly, since the Cold War our approach has had to change with regard to the issues you deal with every day.

I understand that the military Services are having trouble recruiting, retaining, testing, and evaluating personnel...

Our Nation's commitment to science and technology (S&T) is spurred on not only by a sense of urgency to remain technologically dominant in areas of high priority to national security, but also through mutually beneficial partnerships with…

Secretary Lemnios, what measures are being used to assess the effectiveness of your efforts?

With the current budget cuts that the President has proposed to DOD, how do you see it affecting our competitive advantage in S&T?

Secretary Lemnios, how does DOD intend to overcome those challenges?

I understand that the Services are proposing to change their original acquisition workforce goals.

Congress has to reauthorize, because it sunsets in 2013.