Chairman Mccain Issues Statement on White House's Proposed Topline Defense Budget
March 16, 2017
March 16, 2017
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The office of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the White House's proposed fiscal 2018 defense topline budget:
"The fiscal year 2018 defense topline proposed today of $603 billion will not be sufficient to rebuild the military. Such a budget does not represent a 10 percent increase as previously described by the White House, but amounts to a mere 3 percent over President Obama' . . .
"The fiscal year 2018 defense topline proposed today of $603 billion will not be sufficient to rebuild the military. Such a budget does not represent a 10 percent increase as previously described by the White House, but amounts to a mere 3 percent over President Obama' . . .