Lawmakers Call For Immediate Use Of $10 Billion FY-03 'Contingency' Fund

By John Liang / March 14, 2002 at 5:00 AM
The $10 billion included in President Bush's fiscal year 2003 defense budget request should be allocated for current unfunded requirements rather than setting it aside for future needs in the war on terrorism, a group of House lawmakers said today. "Our point is that instead of pushing that $10 billion off into the future, for a future call, we're short of ammunition right now," House Armed Services military research and development subcommittee Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) said at a press...

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