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DoD Leaders Cite Billions In Financial Losses, Hundreds Of Program Delays Under Potential Full-Year CR

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

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DoD Leaders Cite Billions In Financial Losses, Hundreds Of Program Delays Under Potential Full-Year CR

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

Senior Pentagon officials on Wednesday urged Congress to avoid a year-long continuing resolution (CR) they said would lead to tens of billions of dollars in lost purchasing power and delays to hundreds of programs, specifically citing impacts to modernization efforts aimed at competing with China. During the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee (HAC-D) hearing, Republicans reiterated their priorities for a final spending deal, to include setting parity between defense and non-defense spending increases, while Democrats refuted that a GOP counter-offer has…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]