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Missile Defense

DoD Declined To Brief CBO On Golden Dome

Wednesday, August 19th, 2026

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DoD Declined To Brief CBO On Golden Dome

Gen. Mike Guetlein, Direct Reporting Program Manager for Golden Dome for America, speaks during the annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Ala. on Aug. 11, 2026. (Photo: Richard Abott, Defense Daily)

The Defense Department’s Golden Dome office has declined repeated briefing requests from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on what the Pentagon is planning to build while the head of that office criticized independent estimates, including his office's, for being unrelated to what they are working on. “We have to date not been able to talk to the Golden Dome office. We've asked them for briefings, and we have not gotten any. They've not been willing to do so. So I…

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