    [Senate Hearing 109-301]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

                                                     S. Hrg. 109-301, Pt. 1

           DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007

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                                    HEARINGS

                                    before a

                              SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

                COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE

                           ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS

                                SECOND SESSION

                                       ON

                                   H.R. 2863

      AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE
       FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2006, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES deg.

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                                     PART 1

                                 JUSTIFICATIONS
                             Department of Defense

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                          COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                      THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi, Chairman
    TED STEVENS, Alaska                  ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
    ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania          DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii
    PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico         PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont
    CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri        TOM HARKIN, Iowa
    MITCH McCONNELL, Kentucky            BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland
    CONRAD BURNS, Montana                HARRY REID, Nevada
    RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama           HERB KOHL, Wisconsin
    JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire            PATTY MURRAY, Washington
    ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah              BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota
    LARRY CRAIG, Idaho                   DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California
    KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas          RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois
    MIKE DeWINE, Ohio                    TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota
    SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas                MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana
    WAYNE ALLARD, Colorado
                        J. Keith Kennedy, Staff Director
                  Terrence E. Sauvain, Minority Staff Director
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                            Subcommittee on Defense

                         TED STEVENS, Alaska, Chairman
    THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi            DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii
    ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania          ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
    PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico         PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont
    CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri        TOM HARKIN, Iowa
    MITCH McCONNELL, Kentucky            BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota
    RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama           RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois
    JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire            HARRY REID, Nevada
    KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas          DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California
    CONRAD BURNS, Montana                BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland

                               Professional Staff

                                  Sid Ashworth
                               Jennifer Chartrand
                                 Alycia Farrell
                                  Mark Haaland
                                  Kate Kaufer
                                Mazie R. Mattson
                                Ellen Maldonado
                                  Brian Potts
                                  Brian Wilson
                           Charles J. Houy (Minority)
                           Nicole Di Resta (Minority)
                            Betsy Schmid (Minority)
                          Kate Fitzpatrick (Minority)

                             Administrative Support

                                 Janelle Treon

                                C O N T E N T S

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                             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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    Military Personnel and Operation and Maintenance Programs........     3
    Procurement Programs.............................................    49
    RDT&E Programs...................................................   159
    Program Acquisition Costs by Weapon System.......................   248

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