Winnefeld: Budget Request Balances Security, Fiscal Realities

Winnefeld: Budget Request Balances Security, Fiscal Realities

By Amaani Lyle
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2014 – The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2015 budget request seeks to balance the nation’s security needs with the realities of fiscal constraints, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here yesterday.

Navy Adm. James A. “Sandy” Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at Bloomberg Government's conference on defense spending and strategy in Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2014. DOD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available.

In a speech at Bloomberg Government’s Defense Transformation Conference, Navy Adm. James A. “Sandy” Winnefeld Jr. said the changing national security environment, after-effects of $37 billion in fiscal 2013 sequestration spending cuts and the outlook for defense spending in the years to come posed myriad challenges to budget planners......cont 

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