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Shanahan: DoD Following White House Request to Cut Billions from 2020 Budget

Shanahan: DoD Following White House Request to Cut Billions from 2020 Budget
Patrick M. Shanahan, deputy secretary of defense, greets Airmen from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., after a roundtable discussion on defense industry topics with President Donald J. Trump and other military and civilian leaders Oct. 19, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ridge Shan)

As the Defense Department works on its fiscal year 2020 (FY’20) budget request throughout the rest of this calendar year, it is doing so with the goal of meeting President Trump’s request to cut billions across agency budgets, the Pentagon’s number-two official said Oct. 26.Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters that DoD is working on two budgets simultaneously that will reflect an originally desired $733 billion topline budget for national security that includes all of the department’s critical priorities,…

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