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LISA SAUM-MANNINGWaiting to WinThe FMS Accountability Gap AddendumCT-A4055-2 Document submitted July 9, 2025, as an addendum to testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services on May 15, 2025TestimonyFor more information on this publication, visit www.rand.org/t/CTA4055-2.TestimoniesRAND testimonies record testimony presented or submitted by RAND associates to federal, state, or local legislative committees; government-appointed commissions and panels; and private review and oversight bodies. Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif.© 2025 RAND Corporation is a registered trademark.Limited Print and Electronic Distribution RightsThis publication and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited; linking directly to its webpage on rand.org is encouraged. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research products for commercial purposes. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, visit www.rand.org/about/publishing/permissions.CT-A4055-2 1 Waiting to Win: The FMS Accountability Gap Testimony of Lisa Saum-Manning1 RAND2 Addendum to testimony before the Committee on Armed Services United States Senate Submitted July 9, 2025 ollowing the hearing on May 15, 2015, the congressional committee sought additional information and requested answers to the questions in this document. The answers were submitted for the record. Question from Senator Tom Cotton Question 1 Dr. Saum-Manning, the idea behind a “hedge force” involves pre-positioning low-cost, short range defensive systems with allied nations. Where possible, facilitating these sales through FMS, versus deploying U.S. Forces, can be preferable. Knowing this, how would you approach industry, the DOD, and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) to streamline and accelerate the sale of these capabilities?3 1 The opinions and conclusions expressed in this addendum are the author’s alone and should not be interpreted as representing those of RAND or any of the sponsors of its research. 2 RAND is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. RAND’s mission is enabled through its core values of quality and objectivity and its commitment to integrity and ethical behavior. RAND subjects its research publications to a robust and exacting quality-assurance process; avoids financial and other conflicts of interest through staff training, project screening, and a policy of mandatory disclosure; and pursues transparency through the open publication of research findings and recommendations, disclosure of the source of funding of published research, and policies to ensure intel