For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office STATEMENTS PRESENTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Bereuter, Hon. Doug, a Representative from Nebraska. Richardson, Hon. Bill, a Representative from New Mexico. Roth, Hon. William V., a Senator from Delaware and chairman, North Atlan- PRINCIPAL WITNESSES WHO APPEARED IN PERSON OR SUBMITTED Komer, Robert, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Sullivan, Leonard, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Plans, Analysis (III) DEFENSE BURDENSHARING ALTERNATIVES FOR THE FUTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, DC, Thursday, May 12, 1988. The panel met, pursuant to notice, at 2:05 p.m. in room 2118, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Patricia Schroeder (chairwoman of the panel) presiding. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM COLORADO, CHAIRWOMAN, DEFENSE BURDENSHARING PANEL Mrs. SCHROEDER. First of all I am going to ask you now to consent to put my statement in the record, and my ranking minority member is going to, too. PREPARED STATEMENT OF HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER Over the last 4 months the House Armed Services Committee Panel on Defense Burdensharing has been examining the issues surrounding burdensharing: Burdensharing Statistics, the Conventional Balance, Europe after INF and Regional burdensharing issues. We have now come to the point where we need to examine the options. What are the proposals and ideas for a more equitable sharing of the free world's defense burden? How viable are they and what are their impacts? We must look at a broad spectrum of current and new proposals if we are to responsibly address the burdensharing issue. Otherwise, our hearings will be interpreted as an exercise in ally bashing. On this point there is nothing farther from the truth. Last Tuesday the Congressional Budget Office testified before the Panel on possible options for more equitable burdensharing arrangements. Through CBO's testimony and today's testimony, we should be able to get a better idea of the options and proposals out there, whether they be time-worn or innovative. Today we will be hearing the views on these proposals from current and former officials of the Department of Defense. I would like to welcome Dennis Kloske, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Planning and Resources), Robert Komer, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and Leonard Sullivan, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Plans, Analysis and Evaluation to our hearing. We ask that you summarize your statements. Your full written testimony will be included in the record. Let me now turn to my distinguished colleague, Mr. Ireland for his opening statement. Mrs. SCHROEDER. Do you have anything you would like to say at all? Mr. IRELAND. No. Mrs. SCHROEDER. With that, I think then we will show how efficiently we are and how rapidly we move to our witnesses, and how pleased we are that they are here. We have Mr. Dennis, is it Klos-kee? Did I get that right? or did I blow it. |