Mike McCord

Newly commissioned Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Michael McCord delivers remarks after receiving her commission during a welcoming ceremony hosted by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in the Pentagon Auditorium August 4, 2014. DoD Photo by Glenn Fawcett (Released)

Pentagon worried about more CRs

Mike McCord, the undersecretary of defense (comptroller)/chief financial officer, said the Department of Defense will be impacted by more continuing resolutions,…

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Defense officials say a year-long continuing resolution would be ‘The Bad Place’

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(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Inflation expected to hit government contractors hard, Pentagon comptroller says

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Defense Department Comptroller Mike McCord/APcontinuing resolution

DoD says March continuing resolution likely, as it prepares 2018 budget review

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Procurement and facilities hit hard by DoD’s 2017 budget, personnel spending is mostly spared

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In this Jan. 9, 2008 photo released by the U.S. Navy, tThe Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Wyoming approaches Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga.  Nuclear-armed U.S. submarines that went more than a decade without calling on foreign ports in part because of post-Sept. 11 security concerns are once again visiting other countries, a shift intended to underscore their global presence and lift sailor morale. A stop in September 2015 by USS Wyoming in the United Kingdom was the first of what are expected to be occasional visits to foreign ports. (Lt. Rebecca Rebarich/U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy personnel services and facilities jeopardized by lack of funding

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Budget deal doesn’t pay DoD’s long-term modernization bills

The Pentagon bolsters its plea for $1 trillion in nuclear modernization funds as the weapons age and funding is limited.

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DoD focusing on threats, not modernization in budget

The Defense Department is ramping up its spending in Europe to counter Russian aggression, despite a $17 billion deficit in the fiscal 2017 budget.

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Despite lower funding level, two-year budget deal is ‘huge’ for Pentagon

Despite lower funding levels, Defense leaders count their blessings with two years of budget certainty.

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