Is The Pentagon Lying To Congress About It's Budget?

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta smiles as he prepares to testify on the Defense Department's budget proposal before the House Appropriations defense subcommittee in Washington, D.C., Feb. 16, 2012. Robert R. Hale, undersecretary of defense (comptroller) and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also testified. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen

Top Congressman: Generals Are Lying to Me; I Just Can’t Prove It -- Danger Room

One of Congress’ top Republicans says that the Pentagon’s top generals are lying to his colleagues. His evidence: a refusal to believe that they actually support the Obama administration’s defense budget. The Pentagon is, as you might expect, displeased by the implication.

“We don’t believe the generals are giving us their true budget,” Rep. Paul Ryan, the House of Representative’s budget chairman, told a National Journal forum in Washington on Thursday.

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My Comment: What does not help the situation is when the top general in the U.S. makes comments like this.