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Jacob Marx, Defense Analyst, Project on Government Oversight

Pentagon planners say they need $38 billion more in 2016 than they got in this year\'s budget if the department is to properly provide national defense. But rec...

Federal News Network Staff

June 22, 2015 9:22 am

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Pentagon planners say they need $38 billion more in 2016 than they got in this year’s budget if the department is to properly provide national defense. But recent reports from the Congressional Research Office and Government Accountability Office paint a different picture. So who’s in the right? Jacob Marx is a defense analyst for the Project on Government Oversight. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to help sort through these conflicting reports.