Budget Bonanza. The HASC will get the first crack this year at the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2014 budget request, which military leaders will unveil to reporters on Wednesday. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey will appear before the House panel led by Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) Thursday at 10 a.m. The SASC previously had planned to hold its annual budget hearing with the military leaders the same day, but canceled it for scheduling reasons. The HASC’s Tactical Air and Land Forces subcommittee also will hold a hearing Thursday on acquisition and modernization strategies, and the full committee will reconvene Friday to scrutinize the Air Force’s FY ‘14 budget request. The SASC is planning an oversight hearing Tuesday on U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea, and on the same day its Emerging Threats and Capabilities subcommittee will receive testimony on Pentagon programs and policies related to emerging counterterrorism threats. The HAC and SAC, as of press time, have no open defense budget hearings scheduled for this week. The HAC, though, is planning a closed oversight hearing on Korea for Wednesday.