my predecessor, bob hale, set up a relative robust training program for the financial community introducing audits and audit readiness as a result from input of committees and others. extending that through the other organizations is probably one of our challenges. there's been some training but those areas equally as effective. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. norquist. this is very encouraging day. a day we've been waiting on a long time. i want to commend the chairman and the leadership for this. we are facing so many threats around the world and we need more dollars to modernize and increase our readiness. at the same time, i hear back home concerns about waste. any time there is waste we need to make sure it is rooted out and we're investing our precious defense dollars where they need to go. this process you're leading is critical in this effort. you know one of the audit processes improved accountability of assets and resources. i'm wondering are classified assets part of the audit process? >> yes. classified programs are included. i'll also tell you all of the defense inte

my predecessor, bob hale, set up a relatively robust training program for the financial management community that has been focused on introducing audits and audit readiness as a result of input from committees and others. extending that thoroughly has been one of our challenges. there's been some training, but those areas are equally affected. >> ms. hartsler. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. norquist. this is a very encouraging day, a day we've been waiting on a long time. i certainly want to commend the char chairman and ranking member and my colleague, mr. conway, for his leadership on this. certainly, we are facing so many threats around the world and we need more dollars to modernize and increase our readiness. but at the same time, i hear back home concerns about waste. and anytime there is waste, we need to make sure that it is rooted out and that we're investing our precious defense dollars where they need to go. so this process you're leading is critical in this effort. so you noted that one of the chief benefits of the audit process is improved accountability of the asset