Sec. McCarthy Says ‘Harder Choices’ Are Coming in Future Budgets

January 15, 2020
Congress/DoD | DC360

The Pentagon has completed its planning for the fiscal year 2021 budget request that will be sent to Capitol Hill next month, and while it includes some difficult choices, “harder choices are coming again” in future years, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Wednesday.
The Army will rely on its “night court” process to find cuts as it invests in modernization efforts even as budgets flatten out after next year, he told the Defense Writers Group, according to Defense News
The Trump administration will release its full budget request Feb. 10.
Navy leaders have been lobbying for a bigger cut of the Pentagon’s budget, as On Base reported.
Army photo by Sgt. James Harvey

January 15, 2020
Congress/DoD | DC360

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