Senator Collins Calls for Increased Funding to Cover Military Fuel Shortfalls
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Issues: Defense
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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 Congress, how would military readiness be affected in terms of the department's flying hours, steaming days, training exercises, and other activities needed to stay within the 20 percent shortfall?
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