{"id":1901539,"date":"2023-03-20T15:31:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dod-comptroller-says-spending-cuts-would-affect-pacific-deterrence-and-nuclear-triad\/"},"modified":"2023-03-20T15:33:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:33:51","slug":"dod-comptroller-says-spending-cuts-would-affect-pacific-deterrence-and-nuclear-triad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dod-comptroller-says-spending-cuts-would-affect-pacific-deterrence-and-nuclear-triad\/","title":{"rendered":"DOD comptroller says spending cuts would affect Pacific deterrence and nuclear triad"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdod-comptroller-says-spending-cuts-would-affect-pacific-deterrence-and-nuclear-triad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1901539&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79075023\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"China's Xi Jinping to travel to Russia for meeting with Putin\"> <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to Russia next week, where he'll meet with President Vladimir Putin, both leaders' governments announced on Friday. The visit, which Putin has touted for months, will take place from March 20-22, while \" the two leaders will discuss current issues concerning further development of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between russia china kremlin said in a statement.> <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M4S\"> <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-17 17:42:12\"> <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1264634_th_1679074933.jpg\"> <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1264634.mp4\"> <\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_79075023\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1264634\"} }); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Department of Defense&#8217;s comptroller has warned that budget cuts could significantly impact the department&#8217;s planned Pacific deterrence and the nuclear triad.<\/p>\n<p>Michael McCord, the department\u2019s undersecretary of defense, described in a letter to Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), the ranking member on the Appropriations Committee, how possible budget cuts would affect the Pentagon&#8217;s plans.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s fiscal 2024 budget includes $842 billion for the Department of Defense, which is an increase in spending from previous years. However, House Republicans are considering reducing fiscal 2024 discretionary spending to levels similar to that of fiscal 2022.<\/p>\n<p>According to McCord, making cuts would seriously hinder the acceleration of the department&#8217;s pacific initiative, and cuts to fiscal 2022 could affect up to a 40% cut in the modernization of the land- and air-based legs of the nuclear triad. Nearly a 50% reduction to the funding DOD is requesting for space-based missile warning and ground-based midcourse missile defenses could also occur.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s budget includes $9.1 billion in support of the department&#8217;s Pacific Deterrence Initiative, which is a 40% increase from the previous year, aligning with the department&#8217;s belief that China is the military&#8217;s &#8220;pacing challenge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McCord expressed concerns about the potential harm caused by such reductions and the severe disruptions cuts would inflict on the department&#8217;s personnel and their families, which affects the ability to recruit. Further, the cuts would lead to \u201cdelayed or degraded\u201d infrastructure and capability.<\/p>\n<p>There have been reports that the Pentagon could be saved from cuts to other areas of Biden&#8217;s spending proposal. However, McCord reiterated that such reductions would still cause harm to the department&#8217;s mission and national interests.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more from the Washington Examiner<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>McCord added that the Department of Defense is concerned about &#8220;the magnitude and the potential method of implementing such reductions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur whole of government response to Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine clearly demonstrates the value of integrating security assistance, economic assistance, humanitarian assistance, sanctions, and export controls,\u201d McCord explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8216;Read More From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/dod-comptroller-says-spending-cuts-deterrence\">&#8220;DOD comptroller says spending cuts would affect Pacific deterrence and nuclear triad&#8221;<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Defense&#8217;s comptroller warned that budget cuts would significantly affect the department&#8217;s planned Pacific deterrence and the nuclear triad. 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