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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysabub0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 9:58 a.m., in room SD-106, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Richard J. Durbin (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Durbin, Mikulski, Cochran, Murkowski, and Blunt. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDICAL HEALTH PROGRAMS STATEMENT OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL PATRICIA D. HOROHO, SUR- GEON GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD J. DURBIN Senator DURBIN. Good morning and welcome to the sub- committee. We are going to start a minute or two early, because Senator Mikulski has to get down to the floor on an important issue that is pending before us, and we will be called for a vote at 11 o'clock, so we want to have her participation and as much time as possible. Before we begin this hearing this morning, I am going to ask all who are gathered here today to join me in standing for a moment of silence for those who died at last week's tragic shooting at Fort Hood, including Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson, Staff Sergeant Carlos Lazaney Rodriguez, and Illinois native Sergeant Tim Owens. Would you all please rise? Thank you very much. I would like to welcome our witnesses, Lieutenant General Patri- cia Horoho, Surgeon General of the Army; Vice Admiral Matthew Nathan, Surgeon General of the Navy; Lieutenant General Thomas Travis, Surgeon General of the Air Force; and Mr. Christopher Mil- ler, program executive officer for Defense Healthcare Management Systems. Our hearing today focuses on the well-being of our servicemembers, and it is paramount on our minds. One of the re- sponses to the tragic shooting at Fort Hood on April 2 has been to ask questions about how we support our troops as they deal with (1)