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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqxh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 9:31 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Inouye, Dorgan, Shelby, and Brownback. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENTS OF: HON. JOHN M. McHUGH, SECRETARY GENERAL GEORGE W. CASEY, CHIEF OF STAFF OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN DANIEL K. INOUYE Chairman INOUYE. The hearing will come to order. This morning, we welcome the Honorable John McHugh, Sec- retary of the Army, along with General George Casey, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Gentlemen, we thank you for being here with us today as we re- view the Army's budget request for fiscal year 2011. Before proceeding, I'd like to announce that, because of illness, the vice chairman will not be with us this morning. In his place, we have the gentleman from Alabama. The Department of the Army's fiscal year 2011 budget request is $143.4 billion, an increase of $2.5 billion over last year's enacted budget, excluding funding appropriated to the Army in the fiscal year 2010 supplemental. The Army also has requested $20 billion for overseas contingency operations for the remainder of this fiscal year, primarily to fund surge operations in Afghanistan. In April of last year, President Obama and Secretary Gates announced substantial initiatives within the Department of Defense to strengthen our All-Volunteer Force, change how and what the Department buys, and rebalance military capabilities. After an overhaul of the Army's modernization effort last year, fiscal year 2011 budget request includes $3.2 billion for the Army's (1)