Leaders of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee told Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey on Wednesday that they will likely be forced to craft a fiscal year 2016 defense budget that complies with the existing Budget Control Act spending caps. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), the subcommittee chairman, told Carter and Dempsey during a March 4 hearing that it was unlikely a sequestration deal -- if there is one -- would be...
