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Hill, Admin Seek Budget Clarity

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

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A key House lawmaker wants the White House to provide more clarity on when it will unveil its next Pentagon budget, which is delayed amid the uncertainty about possible “sequestration” funding cuts. “It is paramount that the administration’s budget request for fiscal year 2014 is submitted to Congress as soon as possible, so that we may begin our work,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.) said in a Jan. 11 letter to Jeffrey Zients, acting director of…

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