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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 AND
THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1059

AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 FOR MILITARY
ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL
YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES

FEBRUARY 24, 1999

Lyles, Lt. Gen. Lester L., U.S. Air Force, Director, Ballistic Missile Defense

Organization; Accompanied by John B. Peller, Ph.D., Vice President_and

Program Manager, National Missile Defense, The Boeing Company; Rear

Adm. Rodney P. Rempt, U.S. Navy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the

Navy for Theater Combat Systems; and Gen. Larry D. Welch, U.S. Air

Force (Retired), President, Institute for Defense Analyses

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS

FEBRUARY 26, 1999

Reis, Dr. Victor H., Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs

BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS

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8

69

MARCH 11, 1999

Gansler, Jacques S., Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Tech-

nology

193

Lyles, Lt. Gen. Lester L., USAF, Director, Ballistic Missile Defense Organiza-

tion

210

Martin, Lt. Gen. Gregory S., USAF, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary

of the Air Force for Acquisition

248

Marsh, Gen. Robert T., USAF (Ret.), Chairman, Airborne Laser Independent

Assessment Team

NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES

254

MARCH 22, 1999

Hamre, John J., Deputy Secretary of Defense, Accompanied by Arthur Money,

Senior Civilian Official, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Communica-

tions Command, Control, and Intelligence, and Marc Berkowitz, Director

of Space Policy

Myers, Gen. Richard B., USAF, Commander in Chief, U.S. Space Command

Hall, Keith R., Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Space) and Director,

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)

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