The House Armed Services Committee just released the witness list for next Wednesday's hearing on Defense Secretary Robert Gates' budgetary efficiencies proposals.
A notable absence: Gates himself. Instead, the following Pentagon officials are slated to appear, according to the committee statement:
- The Honorable William Lynn, Deputy Secretary of U.S. Department of Defense;
- General Peter W. Chiarelli, USA, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army;
- Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations of the U.S. Navy;
- General Joseph F. Dunford Jr., USMC, Assistant Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps; and
- General Philip M. Breedlove, USAF, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.