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Carter Rebukes Congress For Weighing Six-Month Stopgap Funding Measure

Carter Rebukes Congress For Weighing Six-Month Stopgap Funding Measure
Defense Secretary Ash Carter takes a moment to speak with Marines following a room clearing demonstration during a visit to Camp Pendleton Calif., Aug. 27, 2015. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Tuesday penned a letter to Congress urging them to pass a full appropriations bill rather than confine the Defense Department to fiscal 2016 spending levels until May of next year.“I urge Congress to keep the CR (continuing resolution) as short as possible and finish full-year appropriations,” Carter wrote in the letter, sent Nov. 29 to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).Carter has repeatedly and publicly urged Congress to…

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