Denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Thursday, strongly amendments introduced by Republicans on the defense budget bill, which would increase costs, although savings sought by the Ministry of Defence.
Panetta said at a press conference, "If Congress is now trying to block a number of difficult decisions, which we took by adding a few billion dollars to the project budget, this might lead to trouble because it is unlikely that the Senate is compatible with the Council of Representatives."
Pentagon seeks to provide 487 billion dollars in ten years, have been asked to 523.4 billion budget for fiscal year 2013, which begins in October 2012, but the House of Representatives overwhelmingly Republic conducted a series of amendments to its committees raised in this budget to 554 billion dollars.
And the House of Representatives to vote on the bill now before this be referred to the Senate Democratic majority ever.
At the forefront of the development of the amendments approved by the cruisers, he wants the Pentagon originally withdrawn from service, and the abolition of increased health assistance to the military, as well as to study the cost of one hundred million dollars, on the deployment site anti-missile defense on the eastern coast of the U.S., note
That the President of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey saw no need to this site.
He said Panetta that "these additional costs come at the expense of other key priorities for national security."
He added: "Any additional dollars should be offset by other cuts", criticizing the House of Representatives who request funds for the protection of certain circles. "
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