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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqxi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2010 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:28 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Inouye, Kohl, Cochran, Bond, and Shelby. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAvY OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENT OF HON. RAY MABUS, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN DANIEL K. INOUYE Chairman INOUYE. The hearing will come to order. The subcommittee meets this morning to receive testimony on the fiscal year 2011 budget request for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. And I'm pleased to welcome the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Ray Mabus, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral Gary Roughead, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James Conway. And I look forward to their testimony. The President's request includes $160.6 billion to pay for the per- sonnel, operation and maintenance, and acquisition programs of the Navy and Marine Corps. The request also includes $18.5 billion to pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2011, and $3.8 bil- lion to cover the additional costs of the surge in Afghanistan this year. The subcommittee will hold a separate hearing on March 25 to examine the 2010 surge supplemental request in more detail. The Navy and Marine Corps continue to be standard-bearers in this country's ability to project power and maintain regional sta- bility. Today, sailors and marines are serving on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan. Every day, these men and women are work- ing to support our troops in harm's way, train foreign security forces, and carry out dangerous combat missions. In addition, our forward presence in the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Caribbean and elsewhere, serves to assure our friends and our allies, as well as deter possible adversaries. Our forward (1)