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O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
DEFENSE STRATEGY AND THE DEFENSE BUDGET. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE ROBERT HALE HERE TO GIVE THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO BEGIN THINGS. JUST A QUICK NOTE ON THE...
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| 00:02:41 |
Hale, Robert F. - Comptroller
DO NOT GET INVITED OUT THAT MUCH. I HAVE A NUMBER OF STORIES. BAD NEWS IS YOU HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN IMMEDIATE TRANSPLANT,...
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| 00:18:52 |
Q&A
IDENTIFY YOURSELF AFTER WAITING FOR A MICROPHONE TO ARRIVE. WE WILL START HERE, SIR. >> ONE QUICK QUESTION. YOU SAID $45 BILLION IN SEQUESTRATION THAT...
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| 00:19:21 |
Hale, Robert F. - Comptroller
OWN RATES? >> WELL, WHAT HAS CHANGED, AS THEY CHANGED THE LAW, WHICH CHANGED THE SEQUESTRATION THE WAY THEY FIGURED THAT IT WOULD. ALSO A POTENTIAL SECOND...
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| 00:25:29 |
O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
IS THERE ARE SOME PRIOR-YEAR DEFENSE BUDGETS THAT CONTINUE TO FUND INDUSTRY. AND SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE INDUSTRY. THE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THIS...
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| 00:26:10 |
Hale, Robert F. - Comptroller
2013 BUDGET, A CONTINUING RESOLUTION IS HIGHER THAN THE PROPOSAL IN THE FISCAL 13 SPENDING. I WILL SAY THIS TO BE HELPFUL. THE PERCENTAGES HAVE TO BE...
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| 00:35:03 |
O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
ONE WHERE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO REALIZE SAVINGS, EVEN MORE SO THAN PAST ROUNDS. PERHAPS NOT SURPRISING. LOW HANGING FRUIT HAD BEEN HARVESTED. SHOULD...
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| 00:35:22 |
Hale, Robert F. - Comptroller
IT WOULD END MY TENURE QUICKLY. WE BELIEVE THERE ARE, AND I WOULD NOT USE THE 2005 ROUND AS A GUIDE. IT WAS MORE TRANSFERRING UNITS AROUND. A FAIR...
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| 00:41:24 |
Singer, Peter W. - Senior Fellow and Director
I WOULD ADD TO -- EXCEPTIONALLY CONFUSING THINGS GOING ON TODAY IN DEFENSE AND DEFENSE BUDGETING WITH VARIOUS DEBT CEILING DEALS, AVERTED SEQUESTRATION...
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| 00:44:22 |
O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
THANKS, PETER. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE HEARD BOB HALE WRESTLING WITH THESE UNNATURAL QUESTIONS. WE HAVE A 2-MONTH REPRIEVE KEEPING...
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| 00:48:39 |
Singer, Peter W. - Senior Fellow and Director
OR MOST RECENTLY PART OF THIS MAJOR STUDY ON A NEW U.S. DEFENSE STRATEGY. WHAT DO YOU SEE AS SOME OF THE KEY PRIORITIES A STRATEGY THAT WE SHOULD BE...
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| 00:48:57 |
Betts, Richard K. - Director
SOME OF THE BASIC ASSUMPTIONS BETWEEN POLITICS AND STRATEGY WHICH I THINK WILL REALLY NOT BE RETHOUGHT OR REACTED TO AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE...
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| 00:52:46 |
Singer, Peter W. - Senior Fellow and Director
SEQUESTRATION TAKES PLACE AT THE SAME MOMENT THAT WE ARE JUST POURING BIG ENDEAVORS WITHIN THE PENTAGON A BUILDING THE NEXT DEFENSE REVIEW. HAVING...
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| 00:53:23 |
Wolfowitz, Paul D. - Deputy Secretary
PROCESS, SOME WHAT OVERTAKEN BY SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 11th. THE PROCESS THAT I REMEMBER QUITE VIVIDLY THAT I THINK DID PRODUCE SOME RADICAL CHANGES...
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| 01:00:07 |
Betts, Richard K. - Director
RESPECTS. BUT THIS ALSO RELATES TO THE PROBLEM POLITICALLY, I THINK. AS TIME GOES ON IMPLICITLY WHAT WE WILL SEE POLITICALLY IS CONTESTS BETWEEN GENERAL...
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| 01:01:30 |
O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET MORE EFFICIENCIES OUT OF THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT. BOB HILL USED HIS OWN DEFINITION OF THAT AND REMIND US THAT...
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| 01:04:27 |
Wolfowitz, Paul D. - Deputy Secretary
DICK USED THE TERM MILITARY ACTIVISM. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW HE WOULD DEFINE IT. WHEN I HEAR IT, I THINK NO MORE AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ. NOT THAT WE...
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| 01:08:44 |
Singer, Peter W. - Senior Fellow and Director
NO, I'M READY TO HEAR FROM THE CROWD, MYSELF. RIGHT THERE. PLEASE WAIT FOR THE MIC AND STAND AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. [INAUDIBLE] JUST MENTIONED, YOU...
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| 01:09:33 |
Betts, Richard K. - Director
OUGHT TO MAKE A CLEARER CHOICE BETWEEN CONTAINMENT AND ACCOMMODATION OF CHINA. CHINA'S A RISING POWER, AND UNLESS IT FOR SOME REASON CHOOSES TO ACT...
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| 01:11:12 |
O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
IT TO EVERYONE. IT WAS OUT LAST YEAR. >> YEAH. "AMERICAN FORCE." >> "AMERICAN FORCE" I REMEMBER THE SUB SUB ASSISTANT OF THE ARGUMENT. LET ME SAY ON...
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| 01:14:24 |
Singer, Peter W. - Senior Fellow and Director
TO BUDGET AND RESEARCH "ISSUE" -- THAT FORCED A RELOOK AT NUMBER OF SYSTEMS WERE SEEN AS NECESSARY AND WE SAID OKAY HOLD. IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM WE DON'T...
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| 01:15:31 |
Wolfowitz, Paul D. - Deputy Secretary
AT ME. UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THERE IS HERE A SHIFT WHAT WAS THE PHRASE BOB USED LONGER, LARGE, BASICALLY LARGE PROLONGED -- [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]...
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| 01:18:09 |
O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
SPECIFIC MODERNIZATION WEAPON I ARE. THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS WE NEED TALK ABOUT. IC WE NEED A RELIABILITY NUCLEAR FORCE THAT IS AT PARTY WITH RUSSIA....
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| 01:20:04 |
Betts, Richard K. - Director
FURTHER THOUGH IN THAT EMPHASIZING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF SMALLER NUMBERS THAT CURRENT MODELSES TO EXPERIMENT WITH TO PROVIDE A...
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| 01:22:22 |
O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
BROOKINGS. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. IN THE INTEREST OF DEBATE THAT'S THE FUN WE HAVE TOGETHER, ALWAYS. YOU MENTION A LONG LIST OF POTENTIAL AREAS OF...
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| 01:25:15 |
Wolfowitz, Paul D. - Deputy Secretary
VERY SENSIBLE TO TAKE SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT NOT ALL OF IT, I'M WITH MICHAEL ON THAT POINT FROM THE DEFENSE BUDGET AND MOVE TO THE...
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| 01:27:44 |
Betts, Richard K. - Director
IT REQUIRES OPTIMIZING, INTELLIGENCE AND SPECIAL OPERATION CAPABILITY. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE HELPED THAT PITCH THE TICKET ITEM IN DEAFEN OR THE SECULAR...
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| 01:28:56 |
Singer, Peter W. - Senior Fellow and Director
CONCEPT OF CYBERSPACE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AS A NATION IS IT A DONATE WHERE -- DO MAIN WHERE SCALE OF PERSONNEL AND BENEFIT. IS...
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| 01:30:37 |
Wolfowitz, Paul D. - Deputy Secretary
U.S. ALL OF THE AJIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY WE'RE ABLE TO BRAG ABOUT AND USE AS A VEHICLE FOR GETTING MORE EFFICIENT AND LEANER AND SO FORTH DEPENDS ON...
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| 01:31:55 |
Singer, Peter W. - Senior Fellow and Director
UP MOSTLY OUT OF THE PENTAGON HAS BEEN -- THE GREATER NATIONAL SECURITY STLET A GARAGE GRADUAL BUT STEADY -- PART OF THE CHANNELING I WOULD SAY FOR F35...
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| 01:34:27 |
Betts, Richard K. - Director
THE INTELLIGENCES ARE. AND HYPOTHETICAL CON CONTINGENCY. WE HAVEN'T FACED THE QUESTION AND DECIDED. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF COME PLAY EVER -- CAN...
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| 01:36:51 |
Wolfowitz, Paul D. - Deputy Secretary
FRANCE. I THINK THEY SAID IT WAS ONLY WHEN BELGIUM NEUTRALITY WAS -- THAT'S THE BIG ISSUE. IF THE GERMANS HAD KNOWN IN ADVANCE IT WAS GOING HAPPEN. ...
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| 01:37:46 |
O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
DID DYNAMIC UNIMPORTANT. -- WE'RE NOT CLEAR THAT THE LAW OF THE SEA TREATY WOULD GIVE ANY IMPORTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERWATER RESOURCES TO THE ...
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| 01:39:29 |
Singer, Peter W. - Senior Fellow and Director
DEFENSE BUDGET AND WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE TRANSCRIPT TO SEE WHAT PERCENT AN HAS REFERENCED CHINA. THAT'S MY OBSERVATION AND MAYBE THAT'S A TELLING...
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| 01:41:06 |
Wolfowitz, Paul D. - Deputy Secretary
THE POINT IS ONE SHOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT LARGE CUTS, SUDDEN CUTS, ONE SHOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT CUTS IN A ECONOMY THAT IS ALREADY VERY, VERY BAD. IT'S...
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| 01:42:01 |
O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
THE MAIN CONCERNS I HAVE ARE THOSE PARTS OF THE DEAFEN INDUSTRIAL BASE THAT AS WE, YOU KNOW, GO TO SMALLER BUDGETS AND BUILDING WEAPONS THAT TEND TO ...
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| 01:43:52 |
Betts, Richard K. - Director
WILL ARE PROMOTE STUDY THAT GET AN ANSWER TO HOW MUCH OF THE TROAND CONTRACTING OUT HAS SAVED MONEY AND HOW MUCH HASN'T BECAUSE I'M SURE IT'S A MIX...
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| 01:44:21 |
Wolfowitz, Paul D. - Deputy Secretary
OF MINE WHO ENENDED UP IN CHARGE OF THE TRAINING COMMAND IN AFGHANISTAN CONTRACTORS WERE POSSIBLE. IT WASN'T IN THE CONTRACT TO CHANGE FOR SUCH A SUCH...
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| 01:45:25 |
Singer, Peter W. - Senior Fellow and Director
WE IT'S NOT PAYING PEOPLE TO GO MAKE THINGS IT'S PAYING THEM IN TERM OF THE HOUR THEY'RE BILLING. AND THE ANSWER TO WHAT DICK SAID WE HAVEN'T SEEN...
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| 01:47:36 |
Wolfowitz, Paul D. - Deputy Secretary
AS THEY SAY. YOU KNOW, THE ONE REASON THE WORLD IT SEEMS TO ME WE CAN PIVOT FROM FOR THE MOST PART, BUT WITH RISK, CERTAINLY RISK, IS EUROPE. MAYBE...
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| 01:49:21 |
O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
IT'S OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM OF BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES. IT MAKES ME NERVOUS. EVEN THE STEPS TAKEN SO FAR AND CERTAINLY ANY NEXT STEPS WOULD NOT BE WORTH...
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| 01:51:35 |
Betts, Richard K. - Director
INFORMATION AND REPORTING THINGS. THERE ARE SIMPLE FACTS THAT POLICY MAKERS NEED KNOW AND INTELLIGENCE IN TERM OF THE INTERPRETING WHAT THIS MEANS...
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| 01:52:24 |
O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
THE SPIRIT OF WHAT YOU SAID. AS A ACTUAL POLICY OPTION, I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD SUPPORT SPENDING MORE ON INTELLIGENCE AND EXPECTING SOMEHOW BETTER...
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| 01:52:38 |
Singer, Peter W. - Senior Fellow and Director
IS CROSSING MUCH IN TO INTELLIGENCE. IS IT A FIELD WHERE THROWING MONEY MORE MONEY AT IT ACTUALLY GETS YOU THE KIND OF RESULTS YOU WANT? I WOULD ARGUE...
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| 01:54:26 |
O'Hanlon, Michael E. - Senior Fellow
PETER, FOR THE QUESTION. IT'S A GREAT WAY YOU FRAMED AND A BIG QUESTION TO DEBATE. I WOULD WILL SAY THERE'S TWO CATEGORY. THE BROAD OF HOLDING THE...
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| 01:55:27 |
Betts, Richard K. - Director
UNHELPFUL AND IT'S A BETTER WAY TO FOCUS DIFFERENTIATE THE FROM THE OTHER THREAT TO NATIONAL WELFARE OR WELL BEING. AND THE DEBT AND IN THIS DYSFUNCTIONAL...
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| 01:56:47 |
Wolfowitz, Paul D. - Deputy Secretary
DEFERENCE CYCLES OR HISTORICAL CYCLES, I THINK ABSENCE OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP, THERE IS NO ONE TO STEP IN BEHIND US THE WAY WE STEPPED BEHIND THE BRITISH,...
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