torsdag 13. mars 2025

USAs forsvar risikerer å gå på sparebluss - Stars & Stripes

 

USA: Statlig finansiering av dens egen virksomhet er for meg en gåte. ( Red.)



‘A huge hit to us’: Senior service leaders warn of delays and disruptions under pending stopgap funding bill

By 

Svetlana Shkolnikova 


Stars and Stripes • March 12, 2025


 


From left, Adm. James Kilby, vice chief of naval operations; Gen. Christopher Mahoney, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps; Gen. Michael Guetlein, vice chief of space operations; and Lt. Gen. Adrian Spain, Air Force deputy chief of staff for operations, prepare to testify March 12, 2025, during a meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee. (Eric Kayne/Stars and Stripes)

WASHINGTON — Senior service leaders said Wednesday that they will be significantly challenged by a stopgap spending bill that the Senate plans to vote on this week to fund the government through Sept. 30 and avoid a shutdown.

The bill includes a $6 billion increase for the military but largely keeps the same spending levels as last year because lawmakers could not agree on appropriations for fiscal 2025, which began Oct. 1.

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