Pentagon plans to cover army costs with air force, navy funds

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Source: Peoples Daily Online

Facing an impasse between the White House and the Congress over a war-funding bill, the Pentagon plans to use funds from Air Force and Navy to cover the costs of Army operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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"The defense department shortly will be presenting to the Congress a 1.6 billion-U.S.-dollar reprogramming request that proposes to shift 0.8 billion dollars from both the Navy and Air Force military personnel accounts to the Army Operation and Maintenance accounts," he told Byrd.

Gates also sought to rebut findings of a March 28 Congressional Research Service (CRS) memorandum to the Senate Budget Committee, which concluded that the Army has enough money in its existing budget to fund operations and maintenance through the end of May.

Moreover, the CRS said with the existing transfer authority, the Army would have enough money to continue operations until the end of July.

Read more: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200704/13/eng20070413_366148.html

[Dr.Phool]

1. $800 MILLION dollars?

If they can transfer that much, cut it. And more

Seems they had at least 800 mil they didn't need after all.

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2. Eating the seed corn.

The Russians must be very amused after all the stuff they had to listen to about how we suckered them in Afghanistan.

[HuffleClaw]

3. WTF???? so, congress tells 'em to go fuck a hat. problem solved.

wow, that is galling.

[Javaman]

4. Barrowing from paul to pay peter. sigh...

this is what has become of the U.S. military budget.

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5. I know!

Hardly enough to keep paying the bribes and the kickbacks anymore.

I'll believe the military is getting tight money-wise when I see them holding raffles and bake sales to buy bombers. Although I'd greatly prefer to see them funded that way.

[EnviroBat]

6. So, now begins the spiral downward..

Until we are finally left with the weakest military on the planet.
Thank you chimp, you FUCKING TRAITOR!