secretary mabus, i understand your plan is to treat the national security issue. even with the threat of sequestration the navy has pledged $100 million with the share of the $510 million to create a bio-fuel market. you directed the department to consume one gig watt of energy to power naval installations across the country. using new dollars for the new technology is not the navy's ability. nor is it the ability to justify such expenditures. i hope you address this in your comments, including where you got the authorization to spend this money on energy. finally the committee will carefully consider the three multi-year proposals including with the budget submission to be approved, the proposals must meet the criteria in law, including the substantive savings considered 10% in stability and design. i thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator mccain. mr. secretary. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman levin and ranking member mccain and members of the committee, i want to start by thanking you all the for the support that you give to our sailors, marines and

admiral greenert, your budget includes, and secretary mabus, it includes a proposed delay of the ohio class submarine by two years. and last year the navy testified that they needed the original schedule to maintain strategic deterrence parole requirements, which begs the question, if this postponement is in effect, can you maintain the level of strategic patrolling during the transition from the ohio class to the new class? admiral greenert? >> today, senator, we have 14 ohio-class submarines. two are in overhaul, so that leaves us with 12 really operationally and with that there are ten or nine available at any given time for strategic command. we feel during this -- due to this delay, we will ride a period where we'll have ten operational, sometimes nine. so, we'll have a similar risk there. we have to watch it very closely, because at that time frame, in that future, we're talking the late '20s and the t '30s, we'll have older ohio so we have to watch it carefully, right now we think we can mitigate that risk. >> and in -- in thinking forward, what assumptions are you making? beca

ray mabus is the 75th u.s. secretary of the navy. he leads america's navy and marine corps and is responsible for an annual budget in excess of $150 billion. and almost 900,000 persons. you have copies of his curriculum vitae, his biography in your packages. allow me to make a few remarks about his background. prior to joining the administration of president barack obama, mr. mabus served in a variety of top posts and the private sector. he was elected as the youngest governor of mississippi at the age of 39. p in more than 100 years at the time of his election, and previously as state auditor 1984 to 1988, and was instrumental in rooting out huge corruption and misappropriation of public funds in county government in 25 counties. he was also appointed to the kingdom of saudi arabia by the clinton administration. let me end the introduction of our splendid speaker by suggesting too he's served two year, '70 to '72 on cruiser little rock. and he was offered a fulbright scholarship. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in well coming t

. >> well, i appreciate the efforts you and the secretary mabus are putting towards this. i wanted to ask general amos about the joint strike fighter which is essential to operate and operate and move seamlessly from the sea to the air. i don't need to tell you about the aircraft capability of short takeoff and vertical landing because we know that that is key to preserving the strategic value of the

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ray mabus is the 75th u.s.s navy and marine corps and is responsible for a -- you have copies of his curriculum vitae, his biography in your packages, allow me simply to make a few remarks about his background. prior to joining the administration of president barack obama, mr. mabus served in a variety of top posts and government and the private sector. in 1987, he was elected as the youngest governor of mississippi at the age of 39. in more than 100 years at the time of his election, and previously as state auditor, 1984 to 1988 and was instrumental in rooting out huge corruption and misappropriation of public funds in county government in 25 counties. he was appointed ambassador to the kingdom of saudi arabia for the clinton administration in 1984. let me end the introduction of our spendid speaker this morning by suggesting, too, that he has served two years, '70 to '72 as a warfare officer in little rock. and he was offered a fulbright scholarship and held a woodrow wilson fellowship. ladies and gentlemen,

our witnesses are general james mabus, commander u.s.central command commander admiral bill mccreary, commander of the u.s. special operations command. thank you both for your dedicated and distinguished service to the nation. also on behalf of the committee, please extend our heartfelt gratitude to the military men and women serving with you. many have served multiple of plants, often directly in harm's way. we thank him for their dedication and courage and we think their families to support us so essentials. as reflected in the president's budget request of $88 billion for overseas contingency operations in fiscal year 2013, the conflict in afghanistan remains our military is foremost security challenge. the afghanistan mission is entering a critical phase of transition. the drawdown of the 33,000 u.s. surged forces are scheduled to be completed by the end of the summer and the remaining 68,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan will continue to be reduced, "at a steady pace thereafter through 2014 according to president obama. u.s. and coalit