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Opening statement to the Senate Appropriations Committee for Defense (Washington, D.C.).(Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates)(Speech)
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May 20, 2008
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As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Mr. Chairman, members of the Committee:
It is a pleasure to be here for my second, and last, budget testimony before this Committee. First, let me thank you for your continued support of our military these many years. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the President's Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Budget request.
Before getting into the components of the request, I thought it useful to briefly consider it in light of the current strategic landscape--a landscape still being shaped by forces unleashed by the end of the Cold War nearly two decades ago. In recent years, old ...