Defense Budget : Long-Term Challenges for FY2006 and Beyond.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget deficits.

Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.

Armed Forces.

Planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (21 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Reviews long-term trends in defense budget and discusses challenges Congress and DOD may face in adjusting plans in face of fiscal constraints. Examines role of budget deficits in constraining long-term defense budget plans, possible need for restraint in approving further increases in military pay and benefits, extent to which increasing operation and maintenance costs may compete with weapons modernization, affordability of long-term weapons plans, and implications of changes in military strategy for budget priorities.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Defense Budget

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