MQ-25 to Sealift: Five Navy budget justification book takeaways
The Navy's budget justification books are here, and they contains previously unknown details of how the service wants to spend its money.
The Navy's budget justification books are here, and they contains previously unknown details of how the service wants to spend its money.
The ship, LHA-9, had already been authorized, so its inclusion as new in the president's budget request attracted immediate attention from lawmakers following the budget's rollout.
Expect Congress to voice its displeasure when Navy leadership testify on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Thornberry, the senior Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said the White House move to repurpose military procurement money “is in violation of the separation of powers within the Constitution... and I believe that it requires Congress to take action.”