HASC Budget Adds Hypersonic Weapons, A-10s, Strykers, But Fewer Bureaucrats
The budget battles have begun, with Republicans and Democrats already sparring over Rep. Mac Thornberry's call to slash DoD civilians by 20 percent.
By Paul McLeary on May 04, 2018 at 2:48 PM
CAPITOL HILL: There’s a fight brewing in Congress over one leading Republican lawmaker’s proposal for a 25 percent cut to over two dozen Pentagon support offices. The plan was included in the markup of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act released Friday by the House Armed Services Committee.
HASC chairman Mac Thornberry added language in his committee’s markup of Pentagon’s budget that would slash a good chunk of the funding for the so-called “Fourth Estate,†which employs hundreds of thousands of government employees and contractors who perform support functions in the fields of civilian resources, services contracting oversight, and logistics.
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/05/hasc-budget-adds-hypersonic-weapons-a-10s-strykers-but-fewer-bureaucrats/
