Pentagon eyes $468.9 bln budget for fiscal 2008
By Andrea Shalal-Esa and Jim Wolf
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has approved a fiscal 2008 budget request of $468.9 billion for the Pentagon, $4.7 billion more than expected last year, according to a memorandum obtained by Reuters.
It is also asking the Pentagon to cover some Army and Marine Corps war costs in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the regular budget, rather than through emergency budget requests.
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Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker on Thursday argued that the Defense Department must lift restrictions governing the mobilization of National Guard and Reserve troops to meet current demands in Iraq and Afghanistan and ease pressures on active-duty troops.
Schoomaker, who also left open the possibility of significant increases in the size of the Army, painted a dire picture of ground troops' ability to respond to worldwide operations should current mobilization policies remain intact.
"The situation in the Middle East and rest of the world leads me to conclude we are on a new long-term plateau of high operational demand," Schoomaker told the independent Commission on National Guard and Reserves during a hearing on Capitol Hill. "And, in my view, we are on a dangerous path that dictates we must increase our strategic depth, increase readiness and reduce our operational risk."
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has approved a fiscal 2008 budget request of $468.9 billion for the Pentagon, $4.7 billion more than expected last year, according to a memorandum obtained by Reuters.
It is also asking the Pentagon to cover some Army and Marine Corps war costs in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the regular budget, rather than through emergency budget requests.
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Army chief seeks fewer limits on activating reserves
By Megan Scully, CongressDaily
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker on Thursday argued that the Defense Department must lift restrictions governing the mobilization of National Guard and Reserve troops to meet current demands in Iraq and Afghanistan and ease pressures on active-duty troops.
Schoomaker, who also left open the possibility of significant increases in the size of the Army, painted a dire picture of ground troops' ability to respond to worldwide operations should current mobilization policies remain intact.
"The situation in the Middle East and rest of the world leads me to conclude we are on a new long-term plateau of high operational demand," Schoomaker told the independent Commission on National Guard and Reserves during a hearing on Capitol Hill. "And, in my view, we are on a dangerous path that dictates we must increase our strategic depth, increase readiness and reduce our operational risk."
posted by Kangaroo Brisbane Australia at 3:54 PM
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Man I laughed so much with the back counter on how much time Bush has left xD
Darn ale, I shed tears everyday just thinking about how much time he still has left in the White House.
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