Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel reads his opening statement as he testifies on the Defense Department's fiscal year 2014 budget before the House Budget Committee in Washington, D.C., June 12, 2013. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joined Hagel in defending President Barack Obama's $526.6 billion budget request.( DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-CuomoClose The Pentagon Channel)