Military leaders warn of risks to armed forces' readiness in temporary funding bill
Story by LOLITA C. BALDOR • 14h
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military service leaders told senators Wednesday that passing a temporary budget that keeps defense spending largely flat will hurt readiness and efforts to modernize the armed forces.
The vice chiefs of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force said that if they don't get additional funding, they at least need the flexibility to shift money to ensure priorities are covered. Congress has been unable to get through a full 2025 fiscal year budget and instead has passed temporary stopgap measures that largely keep funding at 2024 levels.
A bill passed Tuesday by the House would increase defense spending by about $6 billion and trim $13 billion in non-defense spending, which are rather flat changes for both categories when compared with an overall topline of nearly $1.7 trillion in discretionary spending. The legislation now moves to the Senate.
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