Defense Secretary Ash Carter is warning that House-passed legislation that proposes increasing the size of the military by 54,000 in fiscal year 2017 -- most of which would grow the Army -- would create "unacceptable risk" and "hollow" out the force. In a July 13 letter to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Carter outlined a wide range of issues the Pentagon wants House and Senate conferees -- meeting to hammer out a final defense authorization bill --...
