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Wittman: House NDAA Strikes Best Balance of Force Structure and Readiness, Despite Veto Threat

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, May 20th, 2014

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Wittman: House NDAA Strikes Best Balance of Force Structure and Readiness, Despite Veto Threat

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. (Photo: U.S. Congress)

As the full House prepares to debate and amend the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act this week, the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee chairman said he believes the NDAA strikes the best balance of people, equipment, training and operations it could, given the fiscal constraints the committee faced.. Though the House Armed Services Committee stripped money from operations and maintenance accounts on several occasions to support keeping or buying more platforms than the Pentagon requested, Rep. Rob Wittman…

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