White House seeks $8.3B for Pentagon's COVID-19 response

By Tony Bertuca / March 18, 2020 at 10:18 AM
A $45 billion supplemental funding request sent to Congress to combat the COVID-19 outbreak includes $8.3 billion for the Defense Department in the form of an "Emergency Response Fund." The additional $8.3 billion in fiscal year 2020 operations and maintenance money would "mitigate the risk of COVID-19 to United States servicemembers, their dependents, and DOD civilians; minimize the impacts of the virus on strategic mission readiness; and support national response efforts," according to a letter sent to Congress Tuesday from...

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