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Secretary William Cohen defended President Bill Clinton’s proposed fiscal year 1998 Defense Department budget of $259.4 billion. He agreed with some Republican criticism that too much was be…

The committee heard testimony from Secretary Perry and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Shalikashvili on the Defense Department budget.

U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry held a Pentagon briefing outlining the FY 1997 Defense Department budget request. He took reporters questions afterwards.

John Hamre, Defense Department Comptroller, briefed reporters on the Defense Department’s furlough plan for civilian employees during a federal government shutdown. Kenneth Bacon, Pentagon S…

Secretary Perry and General Shalikashvili testified on funding for U.S. military operations in areas such as Bosnia. The subcommittee is examining contingency plans and trying to determine t…

Committee members heard testimony on the president’s fiscal year 1996 Defense budget. The Defense budget calls for $246 billion in spending in fiscal year 1996, $6.6 billion less than in fis…

Committee members heard testimony from Secretary Perry and Comptroller Hamre on the Defense Department’s budget request for next fiscal year.

The witnesses outlined the defense department’s budget request for fiscal year 1996 and testified on readiness and weapon systems.

The witnesses outlined the administration’s defense budget request for fiscal year 1996 and testified on readiness and weapons systems. Defense Secretary William Perry described how the budg…

In the second session of the day, the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing with Department of Defense officials on the Fiscal Year 1995 Department of Defense authorization bill.