He denied there is any waste in Soviet military spending.
The final estimate of Soviet military spending in 1989 will be provided to the committee around April 1990.
About 50 percent of the Soviet spending goes to manpower, and the rest to new weapons and maintenance.
The Pentagon used exaggerated estimates of Soviet military spending to help get enormous budget increases.
But even after such cuts, Soviet military spending will remain substantial.
But most assessments suggest the benefits will be minor unless the cuts are followed by a more significant change in Soviet military spending.
This would make Soviet military spending roughly equivalent to the $300 billion American military budget.
The official said he had no evidence of a decline in Soviet military spending.
That caused them to make a large upward leap for Soviet military spending.
He called again for reductions in Soviet military spending that he said "will help you fill the shelves of your stores."
