Posted on Nov 8, 2019
Stopgap spending bill will harm military readiness, modernization efforts: Pentagon
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The Pentagon needs to take up their issue with Congress. The President doesn't pass legislation.
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MCPO Roger Collins
Too busy with impeachment rather than primary role of legislation. The President is inclined to go with CR, if necessary. If a shutdown occurs before it gets to the President’s desk it’s on Congress.
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I call bullshit.
The Pentagon wants to say that "predictability in budgeting" is hampering their efforts to modernize.
First of all, if there is one thing that is imminently predictable, it is that we will be on a Continuing Resolution every October. That has been "normal" for over a decade now.
Secondly, do you mean to tell me that the Pentagon doesn't do contingency planning? Like have more than one plan in the event that plausible possible actions occur that affect how you might prioritize dollars? Of course they do, and if they didn't it would be gross mismanagement.
Third, I think that you can find the money in a nearly $1 trillion budget to refuel the USS Stennis and fly training missions. You *might* have to delay slightly laying down a keel or taking delivery of some equipment. I think we will be ok.
What this really is is the Pentagon floating a story in order to drum up public pressure to get their budget passed by a Congress focused on other things at the moment. No more, no less.
The Pentagon wants to say that "predictability in budgeting" is hampering their efforts to modernize.
First of all, if there is one thing that is imminently predictable, it is that we will be on a Continuing Resolution every October. That has been "normal" for over a decade now.
Secondly, do you mean to tell me that the Pentagon doesn't do contingency planning? Like have more than one plan in the event that plausible possible actions occur that affect how you might prioritize dollars? Of course they do, and if they didn't it would be gross mismanagement.
Third, I think that you can find the money in a nearly $1 trillion budget to refuel the USS Stennis and fly training missions. You *might* have to delay slightly laying down a keel or taking delivery of some equipment. I think we will be ok.
What this really is is the Pentagon floating a story in order to drum up public pressure to get their budget passed by a Congress focused on other things at the moment. No more, no less.
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LTC Stephen B.
The Pentagon goes through these same gyrations nearly every year (except for those few occasions - like last year - when things get passed on time).
CRs make some things more difficult because of the laws that surround military appropriations and authorizations. There are work-arounds and contingency plans, and the defense contractors know how to use those to pad their bottom line as well.
CRs make some things more difficult because of the laws that surround military appropriations and authorizations. There are work-arounds and contingency plans, and the defense contractors know how to use those to pad their bottom line as well.
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1SG (Join to see)
LTC Stephen B. - Right. Which is what makes this perennial proclamation of doom bullshit.
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LTC Stephen B.
It is certainly overstated. I also don't know why they bother, since it has never had any real effect on Congress getting the job done.
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LTC Stephen B. - Part of the game. If they didn't say everything was critically important, people might ask what was not so important after all.
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"The current stopgap bill, passed in September, only funded the government through Nov. 21. While the effects of that three-month CR are already being felt across the Defense Department..."
So October 1 thru November 21 is now three months, and Epstein didn't kill himself.
So October 1 thru November 21 is now three months, and Epstein didn't kill himself.
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