Army leaders warn that return to budget caps would undo recent readiness improvements
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By COREY DICKSTEIN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 12, 2018
WASHINGTON – Increased funding has helped the Army restore some of the combat readiness eroded in recent years by budget cuts and increased workload, but senior service leaders warned lawmakers Thursday a return to sequestration in 2020 would rapidly diminish those improvements.
An increase in military funding approved by Congress last month has “stopped the bleeding of the Army,†Gen. Mark Milley, the service’s chief of staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. But the service needs years of sustained high-level funding to reach its goals to restore readiness fully and be prepared to fight a major near-peer competitor such as Russia or China.
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