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Article: Weldon: Nation Needs New Focus On Defense Readiness, Modernization.(Rep. Curt Weldon)(Brief Article)
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- Defense Daily International
- Article date:
- November 23, 2001
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By Hunter Keeter
The mismatch between readiness and modernization funding needs to be redressed in future budgets, according to Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.).
As the military works to transform itself into units that lend themselves to expeditionary operations, Congress and a number of uniformed leaders have said that there remains a gap between the level of funding allocated to current capabilities and base infrastructure and that provided for the development of new technologies.
Weldon, who chairs the House Armed Services Committee's procurement panel, on Wednesday told an audience attending the annual Fletcher national security conference in ...