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DoD Leaders Cite Billions In Financial Losses, Hundreds Of Program Delays Under Potential Full-Year CR

DoD Leaders Cite Billions In Financial Losses, Hundreds Of Program Delays Under Potential Full-Year CR
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Senior Pentagon officials on Wednesday urged Congress to avoid a year-long continuing resolution (CR) they said would lead to tens of billions of dollars in lost purchasing power and delays to hundreds of programs, specifically citing impacts to modernization efforts aimed at competing with China. During the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee (HAC-D) hearing, Republicans reiterated their priorities for a final spending deal, to include setting parity between defense and non-defense spending increases, while Democrats refuted that a GOP counter-offer has…

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