05.15.23
Washington, D.C. — At a hearing to review the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Department of Defense, U.S. Senator Collins, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley on the Administration’s under-budgeted calculations for fuel costs to maintain military readiness.
Senator Collins said: Let’s assume that we do achieve our goal, of enacting the [Department of Defense] appropriations bill on time. If we use the Administration’s estimate for fuel costs, which the Government Accountability Office says underestimates costs by 20 percent , General Milley, absent some relief from […]
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