CNO: Navy Can Fund Syria Operation Through September

By Lee Hudson / September 5, 2013 at 5:42 PM
The Navy could financially support a limited military strike in Syria throughout the month of September, but if the operation took place in October, the start of a new fiscal year, the service would need supplemental funding or the ability to move funding within its budget, the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said today. The Obama administration has gone to Congress seeking authority to carry out a limited military action in Syria over the White House's claim that...

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