What does the FY2017 budget mean for DoD?

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What does the FY2017 budget mean for DoD?

President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal gives the Defense Department $524 billion, plus another $59 billion for overseas contingency operations.

Federal News Network Staff

February 15, 2016 9:20 am

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Pentagon Solutions - February 15, 2016

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Bryan Clark, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

The Pentagon didn’t get everything it wanted for 2017. But it got a lot. In the base, it got $524 billion, plus another $59 billion for overseas contingency operations. It’s a mix of cost-cutting reforms and investments in what the brass see as five strategic challenges. Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, joined Pentagon Solutions with an analysis of the budget.

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