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DoD Budget Chief Urges Congress To Smooth Out Process

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, September 17th, 2012

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The Pentagon’s budget chief urged lawmakers Friday to “return to an orderly budget process” and act to stave off sequestration, saying recent years of budget turmoil on Capitol Hill have been “unprecedented” and resulted in wasted time to plan for “things I hope don’t happen.” Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale told a subpanel of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) that passing continuing resolutions (CRs) while delaying actual budgets, coupled with the looming possibility of sequestration, interfere with efforts to address…

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