Defense Forecast: Army Cash-Flow Troubles Continue Despite Hefty Emergency Allowance

摘要

For the army, the upcoming budget season is shaping up to be a competition between "boots" and "hardware," even though officials have argued that they should not have to trade one for the other. Ultimately, they may have to, analysts predict. Unless troops are pulled out of Iraq in the coming months, the Army is likely to start the year with a budget plan that could be anywhere from $20 billion to $100 billion short of its own estimates of what it needs to keep fighting the war and to replenish equipment.