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HASC Calls Air Force On ‘Blatant Disregard’ of Congressional Priorities

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, July 1st, 2013

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HASC Calls Air Force On ‘Blatant Disregard’ of Congressional Priorities

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) continues to review the Defense Department’s reprogramming actions, and in their most recent letter to the Pentagon Comptroller calls out the Air Force for trying to reduce programming funds Congress added to reflect “important congressional priorities.” The committee is poring over some $9 billion in reprogramming requests across multiple appropriations over a number of fiscal years. May 29, the committee approved the realignment of $2.6 billion in seven requests. C-130 Hercules Photo: USAF The…

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