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We are working with the

• Missile Defense Agency

• US Strategic Command

Ballistic Missile Defense

• Other Combatant Commands

• To develop a concept of operations that will ensure the United States has an effective missile defense capability • Fall of 2004

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Standing Joint Force Headquarters

Homeland Security

• Joint Task Force - Civil Support

• Joint Task Force - 6

• Advanced Concept Development:

• Homeland Security Command and Control

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Mr. LEWIS. Thank you very much, General Eberhart.

Normally our chairman of the full Committee is not able to be at every meeting we might have. But he especially wanted to be here today because he admires your work so much. And with that, I would like to call on the chairman.

U.S. NORTHCOM'S BUDGET

Mr. YOUNG. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much and you are exactly correct, I do admire General Eberhart. I have worked with him and watched him as he went through many different missions and assignments, and he always excelled in all of them. He is just the type of person that we are proud to have. And he and I had a very good meeting yesterday. I probably used up more of his time than he could afford, but nevertheless, he was generous with the time.

I am going to just briefly talk about something that, just to put on the record, and that is as we look at the President's request for your NORTHCOM budget, $134 million, that is in 2004. What about 2003, a supplemental for 2003?

General EBERHART. Yes, sir. When you look at our 2003 request, it is relatively small. It is designed to help us work things like continuing the FAA radar coverage that we have today. But there are two or three items in the supplemental that OSD is working now that we ask for your support. But again, I don't think there will be any problems with those issues because I think they will be very persuasive and convincing to the Committee.

Mr. YOUNG. I don't think there will be any problem. We expect to move the supplemental just as quickly as we can. We are already starting to get a little pressure from downtown about a supplemental, but they haven't sent it to us yet. I would like to ask you the question, but I won't, but what I would like to ask you is how is the supplemental going to treat you based on your request versus what comes out of OMB, but I will not ask you that question. The few times I have asked that question in the last couple of weeks, I found out that I really shouldn't have asked that question, at least for the record.

But any way, we have-are you okay now, do you have any real pressing dollar needs? In other words, do you need that_supplemental today or is it okay if it is two weeks from now? In some areas, they need the money last month but where do you fall in that situation?

General EBERHART. Sir, right now I can't stand in front of you and say I need the supplemental tomorrow or next week. At the same time, I know that my counterparts do, in fact, need it tomorrow. They needed it yesterday. But that is not the case for me.

RELATIONSHIP WITH DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Mr. YOUNG. I know that you have spent considerable time with Secretary Ridge and his deputy, Gordon England. I get the feeling from you that as far as working together, their responsibility is one area, yours is another area, but you obviously have some overlapping. But I expect that you are working very well with them, they are working very well with you, and probably better than most people would expect.

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