Budget
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BudgetWork: OCO May be Needed for Years to Fund Operations if Base Budget Remains Capped
Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said the Pentagon and Congress will eventually need to decide how to pay for an increasing number of overseas operations and his best guess is […]
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BudgetDoD Working to Secure Funds to Fight ISIS; CSBA: Costs Could Range from $2.4 Billion to $22 Billion Annually
The Defense Department is working with congressional committees to obtain additional funding for fiscal year 2015 for operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), though it is […]
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BudgetLevin Working on a Roadmap to End Sequestration by Closing Tax Loopholes
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) will retire at the end of this year, and even if Congress won’t fix sequestration while he’s still around, he won’t leave […]
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Air ForceHAC-D Approves Air Force $100 Million EELV Reprogramming Request
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee (HAC-D) approved the Defense Department’s July 10 reprogramming request to add $100 million and an additional fiscal year 2015 launch to the Air Force’s Evolved […]
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BudgetHagel, Dempsey: DoD Needs More Funding in OCO, Base Budget for Increasing Missions Abroad
The fiscal year 2016 budget request will reflect the recent increase in demand for U.S. military actions, but the Defense Department needs some help from Congress making ends meet in […]
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BudgetHouse Likely to Take Up CR, Anti-ISIS Funding Amendment on Tuesday; Pentagon Urges Passage
Congress is poised to decide soon on the Pentagon’s initial $500 million request to go after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but the Pentagon has not begun planning […]
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BudgetObama Asks Congress for $500 Million to Train Moderate Syrian Rebels; CR Vote Delayed Pending Details
Congress is mulling how to proceed after President Barack Obama asked for congressional authority to train and equip moderate Syrian rebel forces in Saudi Arabia–with a $500 million price tag–to […]
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BudgetShort-term CR Filed in House; Vote Delayed Until White House Briefs Congress on ISIS Plan
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) filed a continuing resolution bill on Tuesday evening that would keep the government open through Dec. 11 and funded at this year’s level–a […]
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Air ForceDoD Reprogramming Request Would Buy 8 F-35s and 21 Apaches, Support O&M Needs in OCO
The Defense Department requested to reprogram nearly $2 billion in fiscal year 2014 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds, chief among them purchasing additional aircraft and supporting higher operational tempos for […]
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BudgetCSBA: Pentagon Needs to Rethink Readiness Measurements to Allow Smarter Spending
The Defense Department won’t be able to make smart decisions about how much money it needs to produce a certain level of combat readiness until it begins collecting the right […]