"Please describe your service's efforts to migrate enduring requirements into the base budget. How challenging has sequestration made that task? What is most at-risk?"
"Although you may not be able to discuss specifics until the FY15 OCO budget is officially released, how confident are you in the adequacy of this year's OCO budget request? How much of your services' ..."
"In light of the civilian personnel hiring freezes and furloughs in FY2014, what impacts, if any, were there on the shipyards and aviation depots? How were they mitigated or what risk was assumed? What..."
"Can you address the impact of the furlough on the military and civilian workforces? Have you seen spikes in post-furlough separations or retirements? Do you anticipate another furlough will be require..."
"How did the Secretary's mandatory 20% headquarters cuts impact readiness accounts, if at all?"
"Has the Secretary of Defense assessed whether excess infrastructure exists in the Department? What empirical support can the Department provide to support a request for additional BRAC rounds?"
"Please describe the readiness challenges the Air Force faces if we revert to sequestration level funding after FY15."
"If Congress fails to grant the Air Force authority to cut A-10s, do you anticipate implications for force readiness?"
"The budget request funds only 65% of facility sustainment requirements. What is the impact of this budget decision?"
"How much excess capacity does the Air Force currently have with respect to installations and facilities?"
"One of my concerns is that if we are talking about a misalignment and trying to bring it back to what we project as the threats may be, just as you pointed out, that is a very dynamic environment."
"I have a deep concern about that."