Excerpt from Hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, H. R. 4200, and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs, Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session: Full Committee Hearings Authorization and Oversight; Hearings Held February 4, 12, 25, 26, March 3, 18, 24, and 31, 2004 This afternoon the committee meets to receive testimony on the Department of Defense (dod) Fiscal Year 2005 budget request. Our witnesses are the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, and General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.