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(Message started by: Kevin_M on Jan 2^nd, 2008, 8:09pm)

Title: 2008 Defense Budget Allocations
Post by Kevin_M on Jan 2^nd, 2008, 8:09pm

I was looking for what was going on with the new Marine vehicle, JLTV, and found this. Many interesting topics, including veteran's health and much, much more it seems about how our tax dollars for defense have been decided to be spent in this new year.

html: http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:s2IgwMMNfzkJ:armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/ndaafy08/Conf08ReleaseFINAL.pdf+jltv,+2008&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us&ie=UTF-8

pdf: armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/ndaafy08/Conf08ReleaseFINAL.pdf

Table of Contents H.R.1585: FY 2008 National Defense Authorization Act

Pg.1 Restoring Readiness
2 Wounded Warriors Act
4 Combating Contractor Fraud
6 Improving the Health of the Force
7 Providing for Service Members and Their Families
9 Meeting Force Protection Needs
13 Review of Roles and Missions
15 Acquisition Improvement and Accountability Act of 2008
16 Iraq
18 Afghanistan
19 Civilian Personnel
19 War on Terror
20 Non-Proliferation and Counter-Threat Reduction
21 Military Installations
22 Industrial Base
23 Missile Defense
24 Nuclear Weapons
25 Military Space
26 Energy and Environment
27 Shipbuilding
28 Aviation Programs
29 Ground Vehicles
30 Ground Systems
31 DoD Organization
31 Miscellaneous

*I'll take out the long html link if nobody needs it.

Title: Re: 2008 Defense Budget Allocations
Post by Racer1_NC on Jan 2^nd, 2008, 8:12pm

The really good stuff is always hidden. ;)

Bill

Title: Re: 2008 Defense Budget Allocations
Post by Kevin_M on Jan 2^nd, 2008, 8:19pm

Hoping the Wounded Warrior Act and contractor fraud, accountability, burden to military families, etc. can get teeth, among many others, and gives a general outline of much going on.