senator hutchison? >> well, t you, mr. chrman. first, i will just ask you the question as theking member if you and your agency will be available to all the members of our committee as well as our staffs on our behalf for information that we need to be the oversigh committee of the united states senate. >> absolutely, senator hutchison. lo forwardo that if confirme >> thank you. t's talk abo collective rgaining. we have asked nominees before the question abouthat you think about it, how you would respond to it,ut i'm going to ask you a different question beuse i though that the secretary will make a final decision on this. but my question toou is, what is goi t bour aice to the secretary? and what factors are you going tose to give her advic on whether ts would hurt the capability to respond tovoid any kindf work stoppages or slowdowns or any of the ways that people use t show that they aren't pleased if colltive bargaining doesn't go their way? >> sure, thank you, senator. secretary napolitano did ask me to conduct revie o this i

senator hutchison you may proceed. then i will call on senator hutchison. >> mr. chairman thank you and i want to thank all of you for being here. mr. secretary, we have talked about your omission to try to lower the defense budget and you are looking for places to cut. i am hoping that i can expand on this in the near future with you, but here are some of the concerns that i have seen as the ranking member and former chairman of the military construction subcommittee. we have had a strategy. after we saw the deployment problems that we had when we were going into iraq out of germany. and also, as we were looking at the training constraints in germany and other parts of the world where we are. so, we have had a strategy and this gives you an idea of the chart on build up in the united states, starting in fy06. we built up heavily in 09 and 10 to try to bring our troops home from germany and some from korea , to be able to train and deploy where we had complete control. but, now i am looking at the 2011 budget request for germany, and it is $500 million, and a grea

we begin with questions by texas senator kay bailey hutchison. this part of the hearing is about an hour. >> senator hutchison, i think you were -- you're next and then senator specter. we're going to try to recognize folks in the order in which they came in. actually senator murray. senator hutchison? you may proceed. >> thank you. >> then i'll call on -- >> mr. chairman, thank you. i want to thank all you've foring into her. mr. chairman, we have talked about your mission to try to lower the defense budget and you're looking for places to cut and i'm hoping that i can expand on in this the near future with you. here are some of the concerns that i've seen. are some of the concerns that i have seen as the ranking member and former chairman of the military construction subcommittee. we have had a strategy. after we saw the deployment problems that we had when we were going into iraq out of germany. and also, as we were looking at the training constraints in germany and other parts of the world where we are. so, we have hd a strategy and this give

. >> well, thank you, chairn rockefelleand ranking member hutchison and i would lik to take that privilege introducing my wife ofearly 31 years kathy harp and lawyers lauren and jenfer who are with mere hertoday. i thank them for their unwaiving love and support because without them it's a very difficult j to do so thank you for being here and to the committee, appreciate the opportunityo be here today and i appreciate your very kind opening comments, chairman, and ranking member and to be here as the president's nominee as the assistant secretary for tsa i'm honored b the president's call to service and by sretary napolitano's support a in addition to exessing appciation to this committee r what you've been through and dng now for this impoant position, i would also like to eress my personal appreciation to those in del, state, local tbal law enforcement and in t u.s. intelligence community tt i've had the privilege of working with these nearly 27 years. and i'd also b remiss if i didn't acknowledge our internatnal partners with whom i've had the privilege ofor because it's without their