by ADC | Mar 28, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Pentagon has completed its transfer of $1 billion from an Army personnel fund to building a border wall, DOD Comptroller David Norquist told Congress at a Wednesday hearing, Defense News Pentagon leaders know the move means Congress may strip DOD of its power to...
by ADC | Mar 27, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
A key House Democrat said this week she will not support adding military construction funding in fiscal year 2020 to backfill projects delayed to build a southern border wall ordered by the president. “If the administration follows through and steals money from...
by ADC | Mar 26, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Lawmakers warned Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan that Congress may limit DOD’s future flexibility in moving its funding between budgets following DOD’s decision to reprogram $1 billion of military personnel funding to spend on a U.S.-Mexico border wall...
by ADC | Mar 18, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The Pentagon released a long-awaited list Monday showing which military construction projects are eligible for delay to fund a border wall. Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff and director of the Office of Management and Budget had said as recently as...
by ADC | Mar 18, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
The White House released line-by-line details of its budget proposal Monday. An Air Force infrastructure strategy released Monday shows how the service’s budget will be used to “ensure these installations are capable now and 20 years into the future,” Richard Hartley,...