dr. carter will address these in more detail in his opening statement.ith regard to track four, the secretary announced on august 9 specific areas where the department can take action now to reduce inefficiencies and ever had. these steps are intended to jump-start the reform process ahead of an severed from the normal programming and budget submission process. in particular, they represent the secretaries lead efforts to reduce headquarters and supports bureaucracies. military and civilian alike. that have swelled to cumbersome proportions, grown over reliant on contractors, and become accustomed to operating with little consideration of costs. though all of these efforts will result in measurable savings, and equally important purpose is to instill a culture of cost- consciousness and restraint within the department. a culture that sets priorities, makes real trade-offs, and separates unrestrained appetites from genuine requirements. there are eight major initiatives in track four that reduce support contractors, headquarters personnel, senior executiv

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dr. james r. schlesinger, former defense secretaries of this country, democrat and republican. actually secretary schlesinger served in president carter's cabinet and president reagan's cabinet. but they were able to reach a consensus on a number of key issues. they concluded that we could reduce our nuclear stockpile more than the current numbers, but that -- quote -- "modernization is essential to the nonproliferation benefits derived from the extended deterrent." they said it was essential to have a modernization program. i know a lot of discussion has been ongoing about that. i do believe senator kyl has done an excellent job in raising this issue and the administration has responded positively in some regard. the commission also, nicely in -- in -- in a diplomatic language deflected the administration's goal of zero nuclear weapons by saying -- quote -- "it's clear that the goal of zero nuclear weapons is extremely difficult to attain and would require a fundamental transformation of the world political order." close quote. so i think that's about as close as you come from a bipartisan commission expressing serious concern about th

dr. james r. schlesinger, former defense secretaries of this country, democrat and republican. actually secretary schlesinger served in president carter's cabinet and president reagan's cabinet. but they were able to reach a consensus on a number of key issues. they concluded that we could reduce our nuclear stockpile more than the current numbers, but that -- quote -- "modernization is essential to the nonproliferation benefits derived from the extended deterrent." they said it was essential to have a modernization program. i know a lot of discussion has been ongoing about that. i do believe senator kyl has done an excellent job in raising this issue and the administration has responded positively in some regard. the commission also, nicely in -- in -- in a diplomatic language deflected the administration's goal of zero nuclear weapons by saying -- quote -- "it's clear that the goal of zero nuclear weapons is extremely difficult to attain and would require a fundamental transformation of the world political order." close quote. so i think that's about as close as you come from a bipartisan commission expressing serious concern about th