Murray: Modernization priorities to stay the same, even if budget is cut

By Ethan Sterenfeld / January 25, 2021 at 2:40 PM
Gen. John Murray, the leader of Army Futures Command, remains optimistic that the Army's modernization priorities could still be accomplished if Pentagon budgets are cut. "It's probably a good assumption that DOD's topline is not going to grow," Murray said during a Jan. 25 talk hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "It's probably going to go down." Yet it is unclear how the cuts will be shared among the services, or whether Army cuts could be directed...

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