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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqwd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2009 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:04 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Inouye, Leahy, Durbin, Murray, Cochran, and Bond. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL GUARD STATEMENT OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL CLYDE A. VAUGHN, DIREC- TOR, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE Chairman INOUYE. This morning the subcommittee meets to re- ceive testimony on the status of the National Guard and Reserve components. From the National Guard, we are pleased to have the Vice Chief of the Army National Guard, General Clyde Vaughn, and the Vice Chief of the Air National Guard, General Harry Wyatt. Before I proceed, I would like to apologize for this brief lateness, but the traffic is, as always, terrible. And from the Reserve, we welcome the Chief of the Army Re- serve, General Jack Stultz, Chief of the Navy Reserve, Vice Admi- ral Dirk Debbink, Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve, Lieu- tenant General John Bergman, and the Chief of the Air Force Re- serve, General Charles Stenner. We are very pleased to have you here today and look forward to working with you in the coming years in support of our guardsmen and our reservists. The subcommittee is sorry that General McKinley was not able to be here today to testify, but we thank him for submitting written testimony for the record. This hearing will be unlike prior years in that we have not re- ceived the fiscal year 2010 budget, nor the fiscal year 2009 supple- mental request. For this reason, many members of the sub- committee may wish to submit additional questions after we re- (1)