These 7 Major U.S. Weapons Programs Are Being Held Up By Congress

Reuters

Eric Pianin, Fiscal Times: 7 Major Weapon Programs Held Up by Congressional Gridlock

It’s hard to have too much sympathy for the fiscal plight of the Department of Defense, whose total budget last year breached $600 billion – more than the next seven highest-spending countries combined. And if President-elect Donald Trump has his way, overall military spending will rise substantially in the coming years.

For now, however, the Pentagon, like just about every other major department and agency, is limping along under a short-term appropriations resolution forcing it to operate under last year’s spending levels while facing with this year’s more ambitious and demanding operational and procurement imperatives.

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WNU Editor: Wow .... it is all the big money programs That are being held up.