Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Budget Request
*The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or DAISH/DAESH in Arabic), is a militant group that has called itself the Islamic State.
*Sequestration is a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget taken back in order to cut deficit spending.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford testified on the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2017 budget r… read more
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford testified on the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2017 budget request. Topics discussed included Russia, China, Iran, Afghanistan, ISIL* in Syria and Iraq, force readiness, cyber warfare, and the potential return of sequestration.*
*The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or DAISH/DAESH in Arabic), is a militant group that has called itself the Islamic State.
*Sequestration is a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget taken back in order to cut deficit spending. close
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