Army official on budget: Will it be enough?

[RamboLiberal]

http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=20216

The senior Army official who discussed his service’s fiscal 2005 budget request to Congress with reporters Friday began with an acknowledgment.

At $97.2 billion, the request “is a lot of money,” the official said.

But he immediately followed with an anxious question: “Will it be enough?”

The Army has a full plate in 2005, and will see the smallest increase of any of the services: just $1.8 billion more than the $95.4 billion Congress allocated in 2004.

This request, like last year’s, does not include funding to cover the Army’s lead role in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[lovedems]

1. It doesn't include Iraq or Afghanistan but how much is budgeted for

Dummsfeld beloved missle defense program? That got the nod this year and I like how they leave that "little number" out of the article.