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Yearlong Stopgap Funding Would Be ‘Punch,’ ‘Roundhouse To The Face’ For Military Services

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017

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Yearlong Stopgap Funding Would Be ‘Punch,’ ‘Roundhouse To The Face’ For Military Services

Under a continuing resolution (CR) that lasts the entire fiscal year, the military services will be forced to make cuts to already deficient readiness accounts, ground aircraft and halt new-start development programs, according to senior officers.Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Daniel Allyn said a one-year CR would force the Army to absorb a one-two combination of blows to its readiness and modernization accounts.“We’re going to run out of money in mid-July on current spending,” Allyn said at the McAleese/Credit…

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