Senate appropriators deferred the Air Force's request to shift nearly $87 million into the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program because the service no longer needs the money, a congressional source said this week. "The Air Force first indicated and later confirmed that the funding was no longer needed in FY-18," the Senate staffer said in an email Wednesday. "We do not expect additional information from the Air Force or any action to approve it." The Defense Department asked for the additional...
