Pentagon sends White House detailed list of budget priorities threatened by Capitol Hill stalemate

By Tony Bertuca / September 11, 2017 at 5:20 PM
The Defense Department last month sent the White House a detailed list of acquisition program priorities it had hoped to fund at the beginning of fiscal year 2018 in the event Congress passed a stopgap budget measure restricting spending levels and prohibiting new programs, according to documents obtained by Inside Defense . Now that Congress has approved the 10-week stopgap measure known as a continuing resolution, the Pentagon must sort out to what degree important programs will be impacted. The...

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