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Pentagon

Dunford to Successor: In Tough Budget Times, Consider Quality Over Quantity

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

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Dunford to Successor: In Tough Budget Times, Consider Quality Over Quantity

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks May 29 at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Defense Dept. screenshot)

As Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford prepares to step down this summer as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he hopes his predecessor makes choices that favor capability over capacity when required by budget restraints, he said May 29. The Defense Department has “done the math” to prove that it requires between 3 and 5 percent real growth over inflation in the fiscal year 2020 defense budget to meet both its capability and capacity requirements, Dunford said at a Wednesday…

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