Assessing the Support of Middle Eastern Countries Friendly to the United States: Hearing Before the Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held May 23, 2002, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003 - 66 pages |
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Page 42 - LPD-17 construction units supports the revised schedule. We are currently reviewing the efficiency of constructing this relatively small quantity of a single class of ships in two separate yards, essentially supporting two lead ships. In conjunction with our industry partners, we are evaluating whether there are better ways to load our shipyards across the entire spectrum of our shipbuilding efforts to provide greater efficiencies and lower costs. Amphibious Assault Ship — LHD-8 LHD-8 is a gas...
Page 48 - I move that those parts of the hearing to be held today and tomorrow with the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which involve classified material, be held in executive session.
Page 110 - Intelligence; (B) the requirements of the Secretary of Defense or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
Page 45 - To this end, the study is sponsored jointly by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (OASD/SO/LIC) and the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (DOS/R).
Page 28 - The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, the Honorable Timothy A.
Page 67 - The objective is to provide funds at the outset for the total estimated cost of a given item so that the Congress and the public can clearly see and have a complete knowledge of the full dimensions and cost when it is first presented for an appropriation.
Page 36 - The danger is not that we shall read the signals and indicators with too little skill; the danger is in a poverty of expectations — a routine obsession with a few dangers that may be familiar rather than likely.
Page 47 - These new developments will provide long range, responsive, accurate and lethal fires in support of ground forces in amphibious and littoral operations through a combination of advanced guns, precision gun ammunition and precision land attack missiles. In the first phase the Navy developed a 5-inch, 62 caliber gun and is developing the associated Extended Range Guided Munitions to engage targets between 41 and 63 nautical miles.
Page 54 - Statement of Ronald O'Rourke, Specialist in National Defense, Congressional Research Service, Before the House National Security Committee Subcommittee on Military Procurement Hearing on Submarine Acquisition Issues, March 16, 1995, p.