Army funding short under budget plan

[maddezmom]

WASHINGTON - The Army, which has borne much of the costs for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, would get $121 billion for the 2008 budget year under a preliminary spending plan that is nearly $18 billion short of the amount Army officials say they need.

According to a senior defense official, guidelines sketched out in a memo by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England would add about $7 billion to the planned Army budget of $114 billion for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2007. The Army requested a $25 billion increase.

The official requested anonymity because the budget request has not been released.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld would not confirm the numbers Thursday and said any budget discussions are not final. He suggested that some money for the Army could come from supplemental budget requests.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/army_budget

[Vexatious Ape]

1. No shortage of $ over at Haliburton.