Defense Leaders Testify on Budget Before Senate Committee

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta prepares to testify on the Defense Department's budget proposal before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2012. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Robert F. Hale, undersecretary of defense (comptroller), also testified on the proposal. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, prepare to testify on the Defense Department's budget proposal to the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and Robert F. Hale, undersecretary of defense (comptroller), testify on the Defense Department's budget proposal to the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta testifies on the Defense Department's budget proposal to the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, testifies on the Defense Department's budget proposal before the Senate Armed Services Committee as Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looks on in Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
  • Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies on the Defense Department's budget proposal as Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Robert F. Hale, undersecretary of defense (comptroller), listen at the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta talks with Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during their testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta testifies on the Defense Department's budget proposal before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
  • Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies on the Defense Department's budget proposal to the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2012. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo