
The Pentagon’s top uniformed official has said the department will face “historically costly” impacts to thousands of programs, ranging from nuclear modernization to multi-year munitions procurement plans, if it has to operate under a year-long stopgap funding measure. Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent a letter this week to the Senate’s top appropriator urging Congress to pass final fiscal year 2024 spending bills and outlining the effects of a long-term continuing…