Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England has directed a $7 billion increase to the Army's fiscal year 2008 budget, $17.8 billion short of the amount Army leaders say is required to execute its part of the current military strategy, according to Pentagon officials. In a memo signed last week, England issued revised fiscal guidance for FY-08 and sought to bring closure to an unusual round of requests for additional funds by all of the military services that began this summer, when...
