Mattis: Budget uncertainty leads to questions of whether America ‘has the ability to survive’

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Mattis: Budget uncertainty leads to questions of whether America ‘has the ability to survive’
By: Aaron Mehta   1 day ago


Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis believes that years of budget uncertainty have left the U.S. military in such a precarious position that if it is not solved soon, it will represent an existential threat to American security.

“If we don’t get budgetary predictability, if we don’t remove the defense caps, then we’re questioning whether or not America has the ability to survive,” Mattis said Sept 20. “It’s that simple.”

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