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Forbes: HASC Divided on Whether to Push for Higher Spending Levels or Accept Caps

Forbes: HASC Divided on Whether to Push for Higher Spending Levels or Accept Caps
House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee chairman Randy Forbes (R-Va.). Photo: Dana Rene/Defense Daily

The House Armed Services Committee, saddled with budget caps that do not allow the military to meet all its stated requirements set forth in the Quadrennial Defense Review released last week, is stuck on how to approach the financial bind, one member said. Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.), chairman of the HASC seapower and projection forces subcommittee, said Thursday that “there are some major questions that I think the QDR spins up for us to ask, and here’s a huge one…

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