House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) is criticizing the White House and Defense Department for failing to properly fund military readiness in the fiscal year 2017 budget request, while simultaneously trying to advance a defense authorization bill that would shift billions from the DOD account that traditionally funds readiness in hopes the money will be added by an emergency supplemental from a new presidential administration. "What's objectionable is deploying troops who aren't fully trained, whose equipment is worn...
