{"id":66137,"date":"2016-03-14T08:30:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T08:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/03\/14\/defense-hearings-ash-carter-defends-the-dod-budget-ask\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:30:30","slug":"defense-hearings-ash-carter-defends-the-dod-budget-ask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2016\/03\/14\/defense-hearings-ash-carter-defends-the-dod-budget-ask\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense hearings: Ash Carter defends the DOD budget ask"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Ash Carter&#8217;s trip before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday headlines a busy slate of military budget hearings on Capitol Hill this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Carter and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford will likely face questions not just on the fiscal 2017 budget request but a host of other national security topics under scrutiny from the committee, including military operations in Afghanistan and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day earlier, the civilian and military heads of the four services will appear before the House Armed Services Committee to justify their individual budget priorities and field similar broad security questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both the House and Senate Veterans&#8217; Affairs committees will tackle the issue of employee accountability again this week, with possible legislation to force senior VA executives into new hiring and promotion rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<u>Tuesday<\/u>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=394435\"><u>House Appropriations<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 9 a.m. &#8212; Capitol HT2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Member requests<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defense subcommittee will hear from other House members on their wish lists for the annual military budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/hearings\/16-03-15-current-state-of-readiness-of-us-forces\"><u>Senate Armed Services<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10 a.m. &#8212; Russell 222<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Military Readiness<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on readiness will hear from service officials on training and equipping plans for the armed forces and how it relates to the fiscal 2017 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/transportation.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=399880\"><u>House Transportation<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10 a.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2167<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Coast Guard<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coast Guard officials will before the committee to testify about their fiscal 2017 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/hearings\/ukrainian-reforms-two-years-after-the-maidan-revolution-and-the-russian-invasion-031516\"><u>Senate Foreign Relations<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10 a.m. &#8212; Dirksen 419<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ukraine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State Department officials will appear before the committee to discuss Ukrainian reforms two years after Russian incursions into that country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/hearings\/the-security-of-us-visa-programs\"><u>Senate Homeland Security<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10 a.m. &#8212; Dirksen 342<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Visa programs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee members will hear from State Department and Homeland Security officials on risks and challenges with U.S. visa programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/hearing\/hearing-review-fy-2017-foreign-assistance-budget-aligning-interests-ensuring-effectiveness\"><u>House Foreign Affairs<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10 a.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2172<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Foreign assistance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee members will hear from USAID officials and outside experts on U.S. priorities and goals for foreign assistance programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armedservices.house.gov\/index.cfm\/hearings-display?ContentRecord_id=2036E069-E55D-46DE-942B-AF023444FC48\"><u>House Armed Services<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10:15 a.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2118<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Transportation Command <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on readiness will hear from U.S. Transportation Command head Gen. Darren McDew on the fiscal 2017 defense budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/veterans.house.gov\/hearing\/twenty-five-years-after-the-persian-gulf-war-an-assessment-of-va-s-disability-claim-process\"><u>House Veterans\u2019 Affairs<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10:30 a.m. &#8212; Cannon 334<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gulf war<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on disability assistance will discuss veterans disability claims 25 years after the end of the first Gulf War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/Calendar\/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=394440\"><u>House Appropriations<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10:30 a.m. &#8212; Capitol H309<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>NASA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee members will hear from NASA officials about the agency&#8217;s fiscal 2017 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/hearing\/subcommittee-hearing-trade-cuba-growth-and-opportunities\"><u>House Foreign Affairs<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 1:30 p.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2255<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cuba<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on trade will hear from outside experts on U.S. relations with Cuba and the potential for trade opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.veterans.senate.gov\/hearings\/pending-legislation03152016\"><u>Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 2:15 p.m. &#8212; Russell 418<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Pending legislation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee members will discuss several pieces of pending legislation, including measures to speed up the benefits appeals process and new employment rules for senior VA executives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/hearings\/16-03-15-posture-of-the-department-of-the-navy\"><u>Senate Armed Services<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 2:30 p.m. &#8212; Hart 216<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Navy\/Marine Corps posture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Richardson and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller testify before the committee on the fiscal 2017 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/hearing\/subcommittee-hearing-us-policy-toward-national-self-determination-movements\"><u>House Foreign Affairs<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 2:30 p.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2200<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Overseas movements<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside experts will testify before the subcommittee on emerging threats about U.S. policy towards national self-determination movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armedservices.house.gov\/index.cfm\/hearings-display?ContentRecord_id=AC2E2EAB-66E9-486C-9CDB-0392BDFA1CC9\"><u>House Armed Services <\/u><\/a>&#8212; 3:30 p.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2118<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Space<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Department officials will appear before the committee to discuss space programs and the fiscal 2017 defense budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<u>Wednesday<\/u>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armedservices.house.gov\/index.cfm\/hearings-display?ContentRecord_id=3F200BBA-8DED-44A1-8708-2926408101A3\"><u>House Armed Services<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10 a.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2118<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Service officials<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three service secretaries and four military chiefs will testify before the committee on the fiscal 2017 defense budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.veterans.senate.gov\/hearings\/joint-svac\/hvac-hearing-multiple-vsos-03162016\"><u>House and Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10 a.m. &#8212; Dirksen G50<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Legislative presentations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committees will hear about annual legislative priorities from a host of veterans organizations, including Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the Military Officers Association of America and the Fleet Reserve Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.house.gov\/Committee\/Calendar\/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=104614\"><u>House Homeland Security<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10 a.m. &#8212; Cannon 311<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Homeland Security<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Department of Homeland Security officials will testify before the committee on their fiscal 2017 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/hearings\"><u>Senate Appropriations<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10:30 a.m. &#8212; Dirksen 192<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>National Guard<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee members will hear from Guard and Reserve officials on the fiscal 2017 defense budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/Calendar\/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=394452\"><u>House Appropriations<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 1 p.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2359<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>US AID<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on foreign operations will review the fiscal 2017 budget request for the U.S. Agency for International Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armedservices.house.gov\/index.cfm\/hearings-display?ContentRecord_id=4106AE95-CA35-4F83-8C0F-698EF3D28112\"><u>House Armed Services<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 2 p.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2212<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cyber threats<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on emerging threats will hear from U.S. Cyber Command officials on future threats and the fiscal 2017 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/veterans.house.gov\/hearing\/legislative-hearing-on-draft-legislation-to-improve-the-authority-of-the-secretary-of\"><u>House Veterans&#8217; Affairs<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 2 p.m. &#8212; Cannon 334<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Employment rules<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on economic opportunity will review proposed changes to VA senior executive employment rules and workplace policies for medical hirees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/hearing\/va-cybersecurity-and-it-oversight\/\"><u>House Government Reform<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 2 p.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2247<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>VA cybersecurity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on information technology will hear from VA officials on cybersecurity and oversight efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/hearings\/16-03-16-department-of-defenses-global-counterterrorism-strategy\"><u>Senate Armed Services<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 2:30 p.m. &#8212; Visitors Center 217<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Closed hearing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Department officials will brief committee members on global counterterrorism strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/hearings\/16-03-16-army-unmanned-aircraft-vehicle-and-air-force-remotely-piloted-aircraft-enterprises\"><u>Senate Armed Services<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 2:30 p.m. &#8212; Russell 222<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Unmanned aircraft<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on airland will hear from service officials on unmanned aircraft procurement and the fiscal 2017 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armedservices.house.gov\/index.cfm\/hearings-display?ContentRecord_id=AC2E2EAB-66E9-486C-9CDB-0392BDFA1CC9\"><u>House Armed Services<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 3:30 p.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2118<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Rotorcraft modernization <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on tactical air forces will hear from service officials about rotorcraft modernization plans in the fiscal 2017 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armedservices.house.gov\/index.cfm\/hearings-display?ContentRecord_id=5047FBD7-CA09-4BC5-8ED8-C177E264BE74\"><u>House Armed Services<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 4:30 p.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2212<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Afghanistan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on investigations will review military investments in Afghanistan and hear about weapons sustainment efforts for allies there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<u>Thursday<\/u>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armed-services.senate.gov\/hearings\/16-03-17-department-of-defense-budget-posture\"><u>Senate Armed Services<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 9:30 a.m. &#8212; Dirksen G50<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>DOD budget<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford will testify before the committee on the fiscal 2017 defense budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armedservices.house.gov\/index.cfm\/hearings-display?ContentRecord_id=C4AF4117-FDC1-417A-9FFE-C38258AA1A93\"><u>House Armed Services<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 9:30 a.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2118<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Navy operations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on readiness will hear from Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michelle Howard and other service officials on the fiscal 2017 defense budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/science.house.gov\/legislation\/hearings\/space-subcommittee-hearing-overview-budget-proposal-national-aeronautics-and\"><u>House Science and Technology<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10 a.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2318<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>NASA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on space will hear from National Aeronautics and Space Administration on their fiscal 2017 defense budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/hearings\/reviewing-the-administrations-nuclear-agenda-031716\"><u>Senate Foreign Relations<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10 a.m. &#8212; Dirksen 419<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Nuclear strategy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State Department officials will testify before the committee on the administration&#8217;s nuclear strategy and agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/Calendar\/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=394457\"><u>House Appropriations<\/u><\/a> &#8212; 10 a.m. &#8212; Capitol H140<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Closed hearing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subcommittee on defense will hear from U.S. Central Command officials on the fiscal 2017 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Leo Shane III covers Congress, Veterans Affairs and the White House for Military Times. 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