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Mattis Outlines Three-Phase Military Rebuilding Plan, Plans On 2017 Spending Increase

Mattis Outlines Three-Phase Military Rebuilding Plan, Plans On 2017 Spending Increase
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis answers questions from the press shortly before arriving in South Korea., Feb. 2, 2017. (DOD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

The Defense Department’s fiscal 2017 budget will be boosted by a supplemental funding bill, but at least some of the cash to begin “rebuilding” the military will be shuffled from programs the Trump Administration considers lower priorities.Defense Secretary James Mattis, on a trip visiting Asian allies, released a memo titled “Implementation Guidance for Budget Directives in the National Security Presidential Memorandum on Rebuilding the U.S. Armed Forces,” on Jan. 31.It sets down Mattis’ “initial guidance” for Defense Department funding priorities…

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