Fiscal Year 2018 Defense Budget
2017-06-13T01:43:00-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMTliXC8yMDE3MDYxMjE5MTI1OTAwMl9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Defense Secretary James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford testified before the House Armed Services Committee about President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 Defense Department budget request. They answered questions from members covering the broad range of Defense Department programs included in the $603 billion base budget request, as well as voiced concern over the looming threat of sequestration.* They discussed what was being done to address threats posed by Russia, China, North Korea and Iran, and the ongoing operations to combat ISIS and other terror groups and activities in Afghanistan, Iraq, throughout the Middle East and across the globe.
* Sequestration, a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget taken back in order to cut deficit spending, was part of a debt ceiling and tax increase agreement for the Budget Control Act of 2011 and began March 1, 2013.
* Sequestration, a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget taken back in order to cut deficit spending, was part of a debt ceiling and tax increase agreement for the Budget Control Act of 2011 and began March 1, 2013.
Defense Secretary James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford testified before the House Armed Services Committee ab… read more
Defense Secretary James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford testified before the House Armed Services Committee about President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 Defense Department budget request. They answered questions from members covering the broad range of Defense Department programs included in the $603 billion base budget request, as well as voiced concern over the looming threat of sequestration.* They discussed what was being done to address threats posed by Russia, China, North Korea and Iran, and the ongoing operations to combat ISIS and other terror groups and activities in Afghanistan, Iraq, throughout the Middle East and across the globe.
* Sequestration, a legal procedure in which every federal agency has the same percentage of its budget taken back in order to cut deficit spending, was part of a debt ceiling and tax increase agreement for the Budget Control Act of 2011 and began March 1, 2013. close
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