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Army Would Cut Procurement by $2.6 Billion Compared To FY ’16 Request If Sequestration Hits

Army Would Cut Procurement by $2.6 Billion Compared To FY ’16 Request If Sequestration Hits

If the Army has to spend at full-sequester levels in fiscal year 2016 instead of the levels it requested–about a $6 billion difference–it would protect all personnel costs and instead take about $3.2 billion out of operations and maintenance and $2.6 billion out of procurement.Lt. Gen. Karen Dyson, the Army comptroller’s military deputy for budget, said at an Association of the United States Army breakfast Wednesday that those figures were decided on after analyzing lessons learned from the service’s decisions…

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