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):

Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures.

Armed Forces.

Budget deficits.

Planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2005

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:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Defense Budget

Publisher Number:

CRS-2005-FDT-1115

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