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Marine Corps Braces For 2020 Budget Cuts: Gen. Neller
« on: April 28, 2018, 10:45:51 am »
 Marine Corps Braces For 2020 Budget Cuts: Gen. Neller

The Marines are plenty happy about getting more money in 2018 and 2019, but are nervously eyeing the potential return of sequestration in 2020. And it's influencing how the Corps is spending that money today.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on April 26, 2018 at 5:33 PM


BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: The Marine Corps Commandant has joined the chorus of senior Pentagon officials who say they’re bracing for potential budget cuts in 2020. That’s when the 2018-2019 budget deal expires and the Budget Control Act caps on spending come back in force (sometimes called “sequestration”), unless Congress can scrape together another compromise.

Gen. Robert Neller made it clear he’s grateful for budget increases in 2018 and 2019, though he noted the ’19 appropriations haven’t passed yet. He promised to make the most of every dollar to modernize the Marine Corps to prepare for major wars against high-tech adversaries like Russia and China. But, like Defense Secretary Jim Mattis — a retired Marine general himself — and Pentagon comptroller David Norquist at a Senate hearing this morning, Neller also made it clear he isn’t counting on the good times to continue.

https://breakingdefense.com/2018/04/marine-corps-braces-for-2020-budget-cuts-gen-neller/