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Army

McConville: Continuing Resolution Would Delay 118 Army Programs

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, May 2nd, 2019

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McConville: Continuing Resolution Would Delay 118 Army Programs

Gen. James C. McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army (U.S. Army photo by Monica King/Released)

The Army’s vice chief of staff told a Senate panel Thursday a potential continuing resolution (CR) to fund the service in fiscal year 2020 would affect 118 programs, including delays to production increases and halting modernization efforts. Gen. James McConville told lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee, during a hearing to consider his nomination as the next Army chief of staff, the service would face significant readiness setbacks if Congress is unable to pass an FY '20 defense budget…

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