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Budget Allows Forces to Restore Competitive Edge, DoD Leaders Tell House
April 12, 2018 — The budget agreement hammered out in Congress will allow the U.S. military to restore its competitive edge during a time of renewed great power competition, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said before the House Armed Services Committee... MORE

Defense Budget Provides Air Force With Needed People, Money, Time
March 29, 2018 — The 2018 Defense Department budget will go a long way toward addressing the urgent needs of the Air Force as it works to maintain readiness, the service’s chief of staff told the Defense Writers’ Group... MORE

Service Secretaries: People Are Most Important Part of DoD’s Success
March 12, 2018 — The U.S. military’s most crucial advantage is its people, and investment in attracting and retaining them must continue, the Army, Navy and Air Force secretaries said during a Center for Strategic and International Studies forum... MORE

President’s Fiscal 2019 Defense Budget Request Calls for $686.1 Billion
February 12, 2018 — The president’s fiscal year 2019 defense budget request calls for $686.1 billion in spending and will reverse years of military erosion, defense officials said... MORE

Budget Impasse, Continuing Resolutions Pose Problems for DoD
January 30, 2018 — As the fight continues on Capitol Hill over the government budget, Defense Department officials are getting ready to submit the president’s defense budget request for fiscal year 2019, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said... MORE

Trump Signs Fiscal Year 2018 Defense Authorization
December 12, 2017 — President Donald J. Trump signed into law the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, which calls for $626 billion for the department’s base budget and another $66 billion for operations... MORE

Erosion of U.S. Military Capabilities Must Be Stopped, Chairman Tells Senators
September 26, 2017 — Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford asked members of the Senate Armed Services Committee to provide adequate, stable budgets so that the Defense Department can fight today’s battles and prepare tomorrow’s force... MORE

No Room for More Risk in Defense Budget, Winnefeld Says
February 2, 2015 — While the president’s Fiscal 2016 Budget Request funds the defense strategy, the department has been assuming risk since sequestration, and there is no more room in the budget for risk, Navy Adm... MORE

Winnefeld: Budget Request Balances Security, Fiscal Realities
February 27, 2014 — The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2015 budget request seeks to balance the nation’s security needs with the realities of fiscal constraints, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here... MORE

Chairman Disputes Notion of Declining U.S. Military
February 25, 2014 — The U.S. military has some fiscal constraints, but it is not a military in decline as some critics suggest, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.Speaking with reporters traveling with him to... MORE