Title: U.S. SENATOR JOHN ENSIGN (R-NV) CHAIRMAN
U.S. SENATOR JOHN ENSIGN (R-NV) HOLDS HEARING ON IRAQI FREEDOM/MILITARY READINESS
Date: 4/20/2005; Publication: Washington Transcript Service;
Washington Transcript Service
04-20-2005
U.S. SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE: SUBCOMMITTEE ON READINESS AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT HOLDS A HEARING ON IRAQI FREEDOM/ENDURING FREEDOM MILITARY READINESS APRIL 20, 2005 SPEAKERS: U.S. SENATOR JOHN ENSIGN (R-NV) CHAIRMAN U.S. SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ) U.S. SENATOR JAMES M. INHOFE (R-OK) U.S. SENATOR PAT ROBERTS (R-KS) U.S. SENATOR JEFF SESSIONS (R-AL) U.S. SENATOR SAXBY CHAMBLISS (R-GA) U.S. SENATOR JOHN CORNYN (R-TX) U.S. SENATOR JOHN THUNE (R-SD) U.S. SENATOR JOHN W. WARNER (R-VA) EX OFFICIO U.S. SENATOR DANIEL AKAKA (D-HI) RANKING MEMBER U.S. SENATOR ROBERT BYRD (D-WV) U.S. SENATOR BILL NELSON (R-FL) U.S. SENATOR BEN NELSON (D-NE) U.S. SENATOR MARK DAYTON (D-MN) U.S. SENATOR EVAN BAYH (D-IN) U.S. SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON (D-NY) U.S. SENATOR CARL LEVIN (D-MI) EX OFFICIO WITNESSES: LIEUTENANT GENERAL THOMAS METZ, COMMANDING GENERAL, 3RD CORPS LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN SATTLER, COMMANDING GENERAL, 1ST MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE LIEUTENANT GENERAL WALTER BUCHANAN III, COMMANDER, 9TH AIR FORCE AND U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AIR FORCES MAJOR GENERAL LLOYD AUSTIN III, COMMANDING GENERAL, 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION REAR ADMIRAL BARRY MCCULLOUGH, COMMANDER, CARRIER STRIKE GROUP SIX [*]
ENSIGN: Good afternoon everyone. Welcome. The Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support meets today to conduct our third hearing in review of defense authorization request for fiscal year 2006. Today, our focus is on the readiness of military units deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. <more> http://snipurl.com/ekui