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England Calls on Congress to Pass Funding Quickly
American Forces Press Service ^ | Jim Garamone

Posted on 05/16/2008 4:27:44 PM PDT by SandRat

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2008 – The deputy secretary of defense called on Congress to act quickly to pass the fiscal 2008 supplemental legislation for the war on terror.

In a May 15 letter, Gordon England told Congress the legislation is urgent and needed before the House and Senate recess for Memorial Day.

“Absent additional Congressional action, the Army will run out of military personnel funds by mid-June and operation and maintenance funds by early July,” England said in the letter.

Civilian personnel funding and money for the Commander’s Emergency Response Program also is included in the operations-and-maintenance accounts.

“CERP funding is a critical enabler that our ground force commanders are using on a daily basis in Iraq and Afghanistan to shape the strategic environment,” England wrote.

Without quick action, the program runs dry in mid-June.

If the supplemental funding is not passed by Memorial Day, DoD officials will submit to Congress two reprogramming actions on May 27. “These reprogramming actions for personnel and for O&M accounts will finance Army operations until late July by borrowing money from other services,” England said. “By that point in late July, the entire department will be in extremes, having exhausted all avenues of funding and will be unable to make payroll for both military and civilian personnel throughout the department.

“Servicemembers, including those engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan, would continue to serve, but without pay since military personnel accounts would be exhausted.”

Other actions also will become necessary, including civilian furloughs, reduction to essential activities and limits to nonessential operations.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 110th; appopriations; cerp; congress; democrats; funding

1 posted on 05/16/2008 4:27:45 PM PDT by SandRat
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To: SandRat
Did he suggest they throw out the junk that keep the sane members from voting for it?

otherwise he sounds like a shill for the Dems.

2 posted on 05/16/2008 4:33:56 PM PDT by the anti-liberal (Write in: Fred Thompson)
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To: SandRat

The headline is kind of misleading. I thought it was referring to the country (until I actually read the article, of course)!


3 posted on 05/16/2008 4:35:27 PM PDT by cdbull23 (What's going on in my brain? Check it out: cainsbrain.blogspot.com)
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To: RedRover; Girlene; jazusamo; smoothsailing

“Servicemembers, including those engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan, would continue to serve, but without pay since military personnel accounts would be exhausted.”


4 posted on 05/16/2008 5:02:14 PM PDT by freema (Proud Marine Niece, Daughter, Wife, Friend, Sister, Cousin, Mom and FRiend)
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To: freema; RedRover; Girlene; jazusamo; smoothsailing; xzins
“Servicemembers, including those engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan, would continue to serve, but without pay since military personnel accounts would be exhausted.”

Can anyone point me to any other country in the course of human history that has placed itself in the position of denying its own troops and citizens to provide for benefits to their enemy?

[Taken from: DoD Search for 'Commanders Emergency Response Program' ^ first PDF.]

Maybe its long past time we all declare war on the feds and then have them come in and rebuild OUR infrastructure! Sheesh !! No wonder the rest of the world believes we are made of money, and have streets paved with gold. Washington sure acts like it -- meanwhile screw the troops!

5 posted on 05/16/2008 5:53:14 PM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: freema; brityank

The bulk of the Rats in this Congress are traitorous. They hate the president so much they are using our military to further their political agenda, they’re doing it now and they’ve done it in the past.


6 posted on 05/16/2008 6:38:47 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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