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McCain Clamps Down On DoD Money Shifts

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

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A powerful senator said he will greatly curtail the Pentagon’s budgeting flexibility by denying many future requests from the military to shift money in its coffers to start new programs. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.) declared in a March 9 letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta he will no longer approve the Pentagon’s reprogramming requests for so-called new-start programs that aren’t battlefield emergencies. Eight lawmakers--the Democratic and Republican heads of the SASC, Senate Appropriations Committee,…

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