“„I can confirm that our DoD budgeters are working with OMB on fiscal 2010 top line figures, but it is still premature to discuss any specific numbers. The Department is prepared to quickly and responsibly produce an official portion of the President’s budget request based on programmatic and strategic guidance from the Administration. But let there be no doubt that the DoD leadership is committed to working with President Obama’s Administration and the Congress to ensure our troops have the resources they need to accomplish our nation’s military objectives.