Pentagon Seeks to Shift $4.4 Billion Between Accounts to Keep Solvent

By Jason Sherman, Jen DiMascio / July 6, 2006 at 5:00 AM
Editor's note: Due to a reporting error, the original story provided incorrect amounts for increases to Air Force and naval personnel accounts. The Defense Department is seeking permission from Congress to shift $4.4 billion between dozens of accounts in order to prevent paychecks from bouncing during the final months of the fiscal year and to launch a few new-start weapons programs, including an effort to prevent B-2 bombers from crashing. Tina Jonas, the Pentagon's comptroller, delivered to Congress a 77-page...

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