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Mr. Weldon. Thank you, Dr. Baker. 



Admiral Boorda, I guess you get the prize for the witness coming 

 the longest distance. You flew in from California, I understand. 

 We deeply appreciate your commitment to be here. 



STATEMENT OF ADMIRAL JEREMY M. BOORDA, USN CfflEF OF 

 NAVAL OPERATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 



Admiral Boorda. I did. I was in San Diego and Orange County 

 last night, after the State of the Union address the night before. 



Mr. Weldon. Welcome. 



Admiral BoORDA. And I think — I'm not sure. Is it lunchtime or 

 dinnertime? 



It's one of those. 



[Laughter.] 



Mr. Chairman, and chairmen of the other subcommittees and 

 members, I'm happy to be here. I have a statement for the record. 

 It's rather detailed. I'd like to summarize that. 



Even my summary will be detailed because, in the past year, we 

 have reviewed our operations, our science and technolog}^ and our 

 cooperation with other agencies in a very careful and I think fo- 

 cused way. 



And so, we have a direction that we are headed in. I want to try 

 to explain that and see if it meets with the common sense test from 

 the Congress. And I think we have pretty good agreement among 

 us that we're headed off in a good direction. 



I think the simple fact that you would ask the Chief of the Navy, 

 not a technical expert in this area, but, rather, the Chief of Naval 

 Operations, to testify, and that we would have this kind of arrange- 

 ment, sends an awful strong signal, and I think it's a good one. 



Our Navy, as v/e have changed our strategy following the end of 

 the Cold War, the demise of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact 

 have also changed some of the things we do in the field we're talk- 

 ing about today, and I'll try to be explicit about that in just a mo- 

 ment because it's important in how we use our resources and what 

 kind of information we gather and what is available to the rest of 

 the scientific community. 



Because I'm not a technical expert in this field and don't pretend 

 to be, and because they're vitally interested in the programs be- 

 cause they riin them, I brought the leaders of Naval Oceanography 

 with me today. 



The Chief of Naval Research is an admiral. Rear Admiral Marc 

 Pelaez, and he provides in our Navy the direction for ocean science 

 and technology and development, about $150 million a year pro- 

 gram, along with he does S&T and all the other areas as well, but 

 this is a key area of interest for him and for us. 



The Oceanographer for the Navy, also sitting behind me on my 

 left, is Rear Admiral George Davis. He manages the resources and 

 the policies for the programs we're talking about today. He's the 

 Washington guy who gets the resources and then allocates them or 

 completes the allocation within our department. 



I might add that George will retire at the end of this month, 

 after more than 35 years of service to our nation, really good serv- 

 ice, and we're going to miss him. He will be replaced by Rear Admi- 



