Department of Defense Appropriations for 1975: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of .... |
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active duty ADDABBO Admiral RICKOVER Air Force aircraft aircraft carriers amount appropriation Armed Services Army National Guard Army Reserve authorized average Cambodia capability Chairman chemical warfare civilian close air support combat Command committee Congress contractors cost Defense Department Department of Defense energy enlisted personnel equipment estimate fiscal year 1975 Fort Riley fuel FY 1975 Proposed FY 1975 Revised GIAIMO going Government included increase industry Laos LUKEMAN MAHON manpower McCLARY ment MILITARY PERSONNEL million missile naval shipyards Navy nuclear power nuclear propulsion OBLIGATIONS officers Operation and Maintenance Paris Agreement Pay and Allowances percent PERSONNEL COMPENSATION private shipyards problem procurement reduce refugees repair request Reserve Component Saigon Sea Control Ship Secretary of Defense shipbuilding ships SIKES South Vietnam Soviet Soviet Union statement submarines supply Thousands of Dollars tion Trident United Wage Board warships weapons
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