Army Chief Bracing for Increase of Less than $23 Billion in FY-08

By Jason Sherman / October 11, 2006 at 5:00 AM
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker hinted today that he does not expect to receive the full $23 billion increase to his service's fiscal year 2008 budget that is the focus of a highly unusual round of spending negotiations between Pentagon leaders and the White House. Schoomaker, in an interview with reporters at the Pentagon, added that while he has not threatened to resign over the shortfalls facing the service's budget, he also has not ruled that possibility out...

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