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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

postheadericon We need a responsible budget, not delay and gamesmanship

What is the big deal about one more Continuing Resolution? Most Americans have no problem with yet another Continuing Resolution, but the military and federal employees have major problems. 

While Democrats in the Senate take their time thinking about their best political response to the House Budget proposal, the Defense Department is stuck in a strategy from 2009. Two months ago, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates met with a bipartisan group of House freshmen and asked us to please finalize a real budget as soon as possible. He explained that new defense projects and strategies cannot begin under a Continuing Resolution, so every weapons system, strategy and plan has been on hold for weeks while the Senate debates its next move.

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