Department of Defense Appropriations for 1972: Hearings ... 92d Congress, 1st Session

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Page 518 - Administration; the Department of Health, Education and Welfare; the Office of Economic Opportunity; the Atomic Energy Commission; the National Science Foundation; the Department of Transportation; and the Department of State.
Page 42 - Instead of the function of governing, for which it is radically unfit, the proper office of a representative assembly is to watch and control the government: to throw the light of publicity on its acts: to compel a full exposition and justification of all of them which any one considers questionable; to censure them if found condemnable, and, if the men who compose the government abuse their trust, or...
Page 686 - Agency, which has its own staff, for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Joint Chiefs of Staff, and for the Headquarters of the Unified Commands.
Page 27 - Air operations conducted to destroy, neutralize, or delay the enemy's military potential before it can be brought to bear effectively against friendly forces at such distance from friendly forces that detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of friendly forces is not required.
Page 410 - They are paid expenses, the regular Government expenses, which in the United States, I think, is $25 a day. It is different in various countries. Mr. GROSS. Plus transportation ? Mr.
Page 550 - ... $42,341,000 is still $54,000 less than the President's 1971 budget presentation. PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS Personnel strengths estimated for yearend fiscal year 1972 reflect a reduction of 15 percent from actual on-board strengths recorded for June 30, 1969. Total employment has dropped from 2,593 at the did of fiscal year 1969 to 2,491 at the end of fiscal year 1970 and will decrease to 2,212 by the end of fiscal year 1972.
Page 596 - The remaining $37.000 increase is made up of miscellaneous changes in the central services account . SUMMARIES For your convenience a detailed summary of the Office of the Secretary of Defense financial requirements, attachment 1. and a summary of personnel...
Page ii - Army, as authorized by law ; and not to exceed $ for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, as payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes, and his determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government; $ , of which not less than $ shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities.
Page 708 - ... capability surface without having to fight its way through the layers of management needed to control the bulk of the program. AIR WARFARE Air Warfare includes those parts of the Navy tactical mission, both offensive and defensive, that are waged from airborne vehicles excluding ASW. The...
Page 708 - TV guidance, that can be launched from long ranges to hit high-value targets with extreme precision. This type of system extends the military options of the force commanders in that they can selectively attack critical highly defended targets from ranges that eliminate or substantially reduce exposure of the launching aircraft to the enemy air defenses in the vicinity of the target. As I mentioned last year, we have restructured the program to include thorough and realistic fly-before-buy tests before...

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