mr. secretary mchugh but i certainly agree with trying as best as you can to streamline some of the reporting processes. the tendency when things go wrong is to put more process and more oversight but actually again from a business perspective the less in this case the better, trust people and hold them accountable when things go wrong. in terms of the service chief involvement i'm not exactly sure how everybody else handles it across-the-board that my service cheap and i do pretty much everything together so we are already heavily doing program reviews and watching over our programs as best as we can. >> general dunford. >> i don't have anything to add. i would associate myself the general odierno's comments about the service chiefs. today we are responsible for resources in the outcome and that is where i would zero in on the service chiefs responsibility for outcome as well. >> besides the simplification there is also a sense of agility to all of this though as time unfolds and programs change and requirements change in terms of cost and scheduling and what's appropriate to keep in what's

secretary mchugh? >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. ms. sanchez, good to be withual ualual all of you. pass our best wishes to mr. smith and his speedky recovery. and to all of you the distinguished members of the committee i would say how much we appreciate the opportunity to be here today and to talk very frankly about the danger that lies ahead should this budget not approximate enacted and sequestration allowed to return. in short it is amazing how much can change in a year. over the last 12 months we have seen the geo political land cape morph at an astonishing pace. not to mention the fight against ebola, your army has been managing to tackle contingencies around the world. even though they have grown as an alarming rate. far from foreseeable our requirements have been more unexpected enemies more unpredictable and our ability to handle multiple simultaneous operations more uncertain. and yet with such volatility and instability around the world, america's army is faced yet again with an enemy here at home -- the return of sequestrat

mr. chairman. thank you for being here. secretary mchugh, good to have you back on the old stomping grounds. again i will stay on sequestration and its impact to our military. the members of this committee understand its implications and how adversely it is affecting our readiness and our ability to meet our challenges the secretary james made reference to in our three object is that the military. in fact i can talk about specific verrocchio examples of its impact on the district is any number of peer can. i've laid off 190 workers right now. i've got part of maxwell air force base. they can talk about specific examples. that is just parochial. we hear from you all regularly about the impact on readiness and capabilities. our colleagues don't understand and you uniquely have been here and you understand how difficult it is to convey to members focused on tax policy or medicare or a telecommunications wealthy are concerned about. so we really count on y'all. that is a southern term by the way. we count on you to help us communicate the message. i have shared with chairman dempsey that we have

secretary mchugh the floor is yours. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. and miss sanchez good to be with all of you. please pass our best wishes on to mr. smith and his speedy recovery. and to all of you, the distinguish members of the committee, i would say how much we appreciate the opportunity to be here today and to talk very frankly about the danger that lies ahead should this budget not be enacted and sequestration allow to be returned. in short it is amazing how much can change in a year. over the last 12 months, we have seen the geopolitical landscape morph at an astonishing pace. from anewed aggression by russia and to radical terrorism in iraq and syria and yemen and the fight against ebola the army has managed to tackle contingencies around the world even though they've grown at an alarming rate. far from being foreseeable, our requirements have been more unexpected and our enemies more unpredictable and our ability to handle multiple simultaneous operations more uncertain. and yet with more opportunity and unstability around the world america'

mr. chairman thank you to all the witnesses here today. i want to direct my question to secretary mchugh. and recently a senate hearing you said because sequestration army will reduce its end strength to unconscionable levels by 2019 likely losing another six brigade combat teams and potentially at division headquarters along with associated effects to support infrastructure. as you know very well for drum is home to the tenth mountain division which i'm provision represented near for so many years represent with great honor and an exceptional record. it's extremely unique in terms of its training capabilities power projection and regional location in order to support our armed forces. this installation has already experienced these devastating cuts first-hand. with the deactivation of one of its brigades dilapidated world war ii era buildings still being used in the potential loss of 16,000 soldier and civilian jobs due to another round of sequestration in the bca? these cuts as you know would have a huge economic impact on new york and the northeast as a whole. for drum is a training h