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DoD Would See ‘Historically Costly’ Impacts With Year-Long CR, Joint Chiefs Chairman Says

DoD Would See ‘Historically Costly’ Impacts With Year-Long CR, Joint Chiefs Chairman Says
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. speaks during the welcome ceremony for Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Nov. 17, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

The Pentagon’s top uniformed official has said the department will face “historically costly” impacts to thousands of programs, ranging from nuclear modernization to multi-year munitions procurement plans, if it has to operate under a year-long stopgap funding measure. Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent a letter this week to the Senate’s top appropriator urging Congress to pass final fiscal year 2024 spending bills and outlining the effects of a long-term continuing…

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