Excerpt from Hearings on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004-H. R. 1588, and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs, Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session: Readiness Subcommittee Hearings on Title III. Operation and Maintenance, Division B. Military Construction Authorizations; Hearings Held March 13, 18, 18, 20 and 25, 2003 I am pleased to have here with us General Keane, Vice Chief Of Staff of the United States Army; Admiral Fallon, Vice Chief of Naval Operations; General Foglesong, Vice Chief of Staff Of the United States Air Force; and General Nyland, Assistant Com mandant of the Marine Corps, United States Marine Corps. Today I can't imagine a more important topic than the readiness Of our military forces. They are in the midst Of executing a global war on terrorism, and are poised to carry out the President's order, should it be necessary, to disarm Iraq through force. The funding and management of operation and maintenance Operations could not be more important. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.