This report is a guide to one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense. For both defense authorization and appropriations, this report summarizes the status of the bills, their scope, major issues, funding levels, and related congressional activity.

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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Stephen V. Painter. Painter was born 24 July 1922 in Ellis County Texas. He enlisted in the Army on 29 June 1942 and entered the glider pilot training program taking his pre-flight training in July 1942 in Goodland, Texas. He graduated in February 1943 as a flight officer and glider pilot before attending commando school in Louisville, Kentucky. He then joined the 435th Troop Carrier Group in Sedalia, Missouri and was shipped to England in October 1943 to prepare for the Normandy Invasion. His CG4A glider took off from Newberry on 6 June 1944 at 4:37AM. Flying over Omaha Beach he crash landed inland carrying thirteen 82nd Airborne Division troops and 2,000 pounds of anti-tank mines. He then joined the command post in St. Mere Eglise until he was evacuated to England where he flew as copilot on C-47s picking up wounded on the continent and delivering supplies for General George S. Patton’s advance. He was then sent to the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden with the 101st Airborne. Painter also flew in the Rhine Country crossing with the 17th Airborne and was severely wounded upon landing. After …

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The twin aspects of energy and control (or direction) are the underlying concepts. Matter and energy are closely linked, and their understanding and control will have overwhelming importance for our civilization, our planet, our science, and our technology. This importance ranges even beyond the large portfolio of BES, both because these truly significant Grand Challenges confront many other realms of science and because even partial solutions to these challenges will enrich scientists’ collective imagination and ability to solve problems with new ideas and new methods.