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SecDef Urges No Year-Long CR, HASC Chair Says ‘50/50’ Shot Full Spending Bills Passed By Feb. 18

SecDef Urges No Year-Long CR, HASC Chair Says ‘50/50’ Shot Full Spending Bills Passed By Feb. 18
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday a potential year-long continuing resolution would lead to “enormous, if not irreparable, damage” to Pentagon priorities, citing an impact worth potentially billions of dollars if Congress is unable to pass full spending bills. Austin said a full-year CR would represent a “budget cut – and a significant one at that” -- may result in more than $5 billion in cuts to the Pentagon’s operating accounts, delays to over 100 military construction projects and halting…

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