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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Budget deficits. Armed Forces > Appropriations and expenditures. Planning. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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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.
Item Description:	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. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.