Week ahead: Deployment, defense funding loom as topics of discussion
By Ellen Mitchell and Rebecca Kheel - 10/09/17 12:00 AM EDT The Senate is out for a week that begins with the Columbus Day holiday, but military officials will flood Washington for the annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army.
The conference, which takes place Monday through Wednesday, will include speeches from Secretary Defense James Mattis, Army chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and acting Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy.
The discussion is expected to center around funding the service and the larger Department of Defense as Congress in the next few months will reconcile their versions of the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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