U.S. Military Services Ready Changes to FY09 Defense Budget

摘要

The military services recently examined their priorities as they finalized formal requests for changes to the Pentagon's $511 billion base budget request for FY09, the first step in a series of executive branch reviews that could change Department of Defense investment plans. The changes for FY09 were due to the Office of the Secretary of Defense by August 31, 2007, and deal only with the base budget. The services also prepared separate FY09 spending proposals for anticipated war costs in Iraq and Afghanistan, which were due September 14, InsideDefense reported.