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VCNO: Carrier Lincoln extended, flattop Ford delayed, but Navy readiness woes getting fixed
The Navy has restored readiness to many parts of the fleet, the Navy's vice chief said.
By Navy Times staff
Dunford: The military shouldn’t just grow for the sake of it
Even if there's funding for growing force structure, he said, the services shouldn't grow if they can't keep new units trained and manned.
This week in Congress: The rush before spring break
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of April 8, 2019.
House Dems offer $733B for defense in 2020 in two-year budget caps deal
Lead Democrats have proposed a bill to raise statutory budget caps for two years, with $733 billion for defense in FY20 — but it’s likely to spark a fight with the White House.
By Joe Gould
70 House lawmakers to Trump: Kill proposed $33B defense cut
Lawmakers urge the president to stick to a planned top line of $733 billion for his fiscal 2020 defense budget.
By Joe Gould
Is Trump really going to cut the defense budget?
Is it a negotiating ploy or a sincere message from the president that defense has to preparing for slimmer spending?
Former US Air Force head details decision to cut maintenance budgets in 2013
Eric Fanning was acting secretary of the Air Force when sequestration hit. He lays out the reasons the service cut maintenance funding and whether that is impacting the modern aviation crisis.
By Aaron Mehta
Mattis: New defense strategy won’t work under budget caps
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warns lawmakers the strategy is “not sustainable” under budget caps due to return in 2020 and 2021, unless Congress arrives at a way to ease or eliminate them.
By Joe Gould