Dunford to Successor: In Tough Budget Times, Consider Quality Over Quantity

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As Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford prepares to step down this summer as chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff, he hopes his predecessor makes choices that favor capability over capacitywhen required by budget restraints, he said May 29.The Defense Department has “done the math” to prove that it requires between 3 and 5percent real growth over inflation in the fiscal year 2020 defense budget to meet both itscapability and capacity requirements, Dunford said at a Wednesday event at the BrookingsInstitution, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.