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Pentagon $3 Billion Reprogramming Request Seeks Air Force, Defense-Wide Cuts

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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon sent a tardy $3 billion omnibus reprogramming request to Capitol Hill last Thursday, seeking overall to decrease Air Force and defense-wide accounts and bolster Army and Navy funding approved in recent years. It calls for reductions to Army vehicle programs and increases to anti-explosive systems used in theater. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England on July 11 signed the lengthy request, which seeks to reprogram $2.6 billion in fiscal year 2008, $399 million in FY '07,…

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Congress

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Pentagon

Hegseth Acknowledges Potential $200 Billion Iran Supplemental Request, Final Figure ‘Could Move’

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