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Oct. 5, 2017
Pentagon Begins Another Fiscal Year Under Continuing Resolution

The Defense Department needs a sufficient and predictable budget, but for the ninth consecutive fiscal year the department has operated under a continuing resolution, Chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said.
June 15, 2017
Mattis, Dunford Describe Need for Increased, Stable DoD Budgets

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford defended the president’s fiscal year 2018 defense budget request on Capitol Hill during a hearing of the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee.
June 13, 2017
Mattis Says DoD Needs Years to Correct Effects of Sequestration

Even if Congress acts now to rid the Defense Department of looming sequestration spending cuts, it will take years of stable and higher budgets for DoD to dig out of the readiness hole, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
June 12, 2017
Mattis Asks Congress for Stable Budgets, End to Sequestration

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis launched a full-throated attack on looming across-the-board spending cuts during a budget hearing on Capitol Hill, saying "no enemy in the field has done more to harm the combat readiness of our military than sequestration."
April 13, 2017
Vice Chairman Makes Case for Congress to Pass Defense Budget

At an Air Force Association breakfast, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff expressed his desire for Congress to approve the proposed Defense Department budget and to not require the department to be funded through a continuing resolution.
March 30, 2017
AF seeks to increase modernization budget

Air Force senior leaders testified about Air Force modernization before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., March 22, 2017.
Feb. 7, 2017
Budget Controls Must Be Lifted To Boost Readiness, Vice Chiefs Say

Military readiness will suffer if budget constraints are not repealed and are allowed to again take effect, the military’s vice chiefs of staff told members of the House Armed Services Committee.
Feb. 1, 2017
Mattis Issues Budget Guidance, Says 2017 Submission Will Rise

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis issued budget directives aimed at addressing shortfalls in the department and building a more lethal joint force.
Nov. 29, 2016
Carter Sends Congress Memo Calling for Quick Budget Action

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said that in a memo sent to Congress, Defense Secretary Ash Carter urged legislators to pass the Defense Department’s budget as quickly as possible and to avoid extending the continuing resolution.
June 9, 2016
Defense Bill Concerns DoD, White House, Pentagon Press Secretary Says

As the Senate debates its version of the National Defense Authorization Act this week, the Defense Department and the White House have concerns about the way the legislation now stands, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook told reporters.

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