Former DOD Comptroller Calls On Lawmakers To Make Budget Deal

By Jordana Mishory / September 2, 2015 at 3:42 PM
Former Pentagon Comptroller Bob Hale is calling on Congress to find a compromise to sequestration and pass a fiscal year 2016 spending bill to avoid some of the financial chaos that befell the Pentagon during his tenure. Speaking Wednesday at the Brookings Institution, Hale recounted all the budget struggles the Defense Department endured while he served as comptroller -- highlighting the fact that DOD was constantly dealing with a continuing resolution. He also noted that the department had to plan...

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