Service Chiefs Rack Up Record $35.9 Billion in 'Unfunded Requirements' for FY-08

By Jason Sherman / February 21, 2007 at 5:00 AM
The leaders of the military services have tallied up a record $35.9 billion in unfunded requirements for weapon systems, force protection equipment and construction projects that are not paid for in the Pentagon's fiscal year 2008 budget request or the supplemental spending bills that fund operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This sum is the largest single-year total since Congress began soliciting the so-called "wish lists" from the service chiefs in 1995, according to defense budget experts. While Congress is considered...

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