Amid funding challenges, 2017 marks year of change for Defense
Defense saw a slew of changes in 2017 aimed to increase competitiveness, inspire growth and address shortfalls in funding and healthcare realms.
7: New CR bill would fund defense through 2018, delay government shutdown
A key House Republican unveiled in December a measure to deliver a huge budget increase to the Pentagon and prevent a government shutdown at the end of 2017. The bill would also raise the budget caps for defense and temporarily waive them for domestic spending in order to avoid sequestration cuts in the new year. Read the full story.
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Steff Thomas
Steff Thomas is a digital editor at Federal News Network.
