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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysabud0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 9:59 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Richard J. Durbin (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Durbin, Cochran, Shelby, Collins, and Mur- kowski. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEFENSE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION STATEMENT OF ALAN SHAFFER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR RICHARD J. DURBIN Senator DURBIN. Good morning. Today the subcommittee meets to receive testimony on the fiscal year 2015 budget request for science and technology (S&T) funding for the Department of De- fense (DOD), the military services, and defense medical research programs. I want to welcome our witnesses: Mr. Alan Shaffer, Acting As- sistant Secretary of Defense for Development, Research and Engi- neering for the Department of Defense; Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Direc- tor of DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency); Dr. Terry Rauch, Director of Defense Medical Research and Develop- ment Program with the Office of Force Health Protection and Read- iness Programs; Ms. Mary Miller, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology; Dr. David Walker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering; and Rear Admiral Matthew Klunder, Chief of Naval Research. This year's budget request for science and technology funding among the Department and the services is $11.5 billion out of a total research and development (R&D) request of $63.5 billion. In fiscal year 2015, the overall R&D budget increases $569 million. However, this growth is not reflected in science and technology re- search. Basic research is down by $150 million across the Depart- ment and the services, overall science and technology reduced by (1)