England Sets Aside $2 Billion to Spread Across High-Priority FY-08 Needs

By Jason Sherman / November 2, 2006 at 5:00 AM
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England is setting aside as much as $2 billion to disburse in coming weeks to select high-priority programs that advance key military capabilities and require additional funding in fiscal year 2008, according to Pentagon officials. These funds are the balance of a previously undisclosed additional $11 billion the White House Office of Management and Budget last month granted the Pentagon for fiscal year 2008. The Army, which this summer advanced an unorthodox request for nearly $25...

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