Austin testifies at Senate Appropriations Committee hearing

Charles Q. Brown Jr. Congress DC Democrat Department of Defense Subcommittee Dirksen Senate Office Building District of Columbia FY2025 Jeanne Shaheen Joint Chiefs of Staff Lloyd Austin NH New Hampshire Secretary of Defense Senate Senate Appropriations Committee Senator Shaheen US USA United States United States Capitol Washington budget budgetary fiscal year hearing needs requests Senator Jeanne Shaheen D-NH Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testimony Department of Defense subcommittee Senate Appropriations Committee budget issues 2025 fiscal year Washington DC May 8 2024 Allison Bailey NurPhoto defense spending military budget congressional hearing federal budget defense policy military funding appropriations process fiscal planning government finance Senate testimony defense finance military expenditure budget testimony defense appropriations fiscal oversight defense fiscal strategy national security budget military finance defense budget proposal Senate defense hearing