Hagel, Dempsey, Hale Testify on Budget Request Before House Subcommittee Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on the Defense Department's fiscal year 2015 budget request as Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Robert F. Hale, the department's comptroller, look on before the House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee in Washington, D.C., March 13, 2014. SHARE: Download: Full Size (0.07 MB) Credit: VIRIN: 033340-P-KTU18-198.jpg Photo Gallery