Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno and Secretary of the Army John McHugh leave the stage following a press conference today at the annual meeting of the Association of the U.S. Army in Washington, D.C. (Mike Morones/Staff)
US Army Leadership Delivers Message of Frustration, Resignation -- Defense News
WASHINGTON — A visibly frustrated chief of staff and secretary of the US Army today warned that many key programs will have to be canceled, curtailed or delayed in upcoming years due to budget uncertainty, and units will be unready to perform operations.
“All segments of the Army are going to be touched” by sequestration and the inability of Congress and the White House to agree on a budget for the federal government, Secretary John McHugh said.
McHugh also pointedly took issue with how the Army’s decreasing budgets have been reported in the press, complaining that some reporters portray future Army budgets as merely being a reversal to peacetime 2002 or 2003-era budgets.
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