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DoD Making Decisions On FY ’09 War Funds, Pundits See Further Defense Industry Challenges

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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford Senior defense officials are debating whether to send Congress a request for all war costs in fiscal year 2009--which extends into the next presidential administration--the Pentagon's budget chief said yesterday. Pentagon Comptroller Tina Jonas joined current and former defense officials at a Washington conference in laying out future challenges for the defense industry. Jonas said she planned to meet later yesterday with Defense Secretary Robert Gates about the FY '09 supplemental spending request for the wars in…

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