Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, third from right, are photographed by the media before testifying during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., March 5, 2014. President Barack H. Obama presented a $3.9 trillion budget plan for Fiscal Year 2015, of which $496 billion were allocated for the Department of Defense.