Zakheim: Without Supplemental, DOD Will Start To Shut Down Next Month

By Adam J. Hebert / July 12, 2002 at 5:00 AM
Pentagon Comptroller Dov Zakheim today warned that the Defense Department is precariously close to running out of money, adding that DOD operations will begin to shut down unless the $14 billion fiscal year 2002 supplemental is approved before Congress' August recess. "We are nervous," Zakheim said, because DOD has allocated all but $2 billion of the original $17.3 billion supplemental account to fight the war. He said the Pentagon is spending more than $2 billion per month, on average, for...

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