Four key Pentagon officials warned Congress today that failing to pass a $33 billion supplemental defense budget before the scheduled August recess would result in civilian furloughs and create a financial emergency for the military. Elizabeth McGrath, the Defense Department's deputy chief management officer, Joseph Westphal, the under secretary of the Army, Robert Work, the under secretary of the Navy, and Erin Conaton, the under secretary of the Air Force, all appeared before the House Armed Services Committee today and...
