Funding on 'Fumes:' The Pentagon is Nearly Out of Money to Replace Weapons Sent to Ukraine
December 8, 2023
Marcus Weisgerber
Defense One
Funding on 'Fumes:' The Pentagon is Nearly Out of Money to Replace Weapons Sent to Ukraine
December 8, 2023
Marcus Weisgerber
Defense One
Doug Bush, the Army’s assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics, and technology, speaks Thursday at the Defense One Acquisition Summit. BRADLEY PENISTON / DEFENSE ONE
By Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One / December 7, 2023
The Pentagon is preparing to ask Congress to approve spending $1 billion to replace weapons sent to Ukraine, a request that will essentially exhaust the “drawdown account” of funds available to replenish U.S. stockpiles.
“I don't believe the final $1 billion request has quite gone over yet, but it's, I believe, very close to going over,” Doug Bush, the Army’s assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics, and technology, said Thursday at the Defense One Acquisition Summit.
Congress will have 15 days to approve or reject the request. Lawmakers have not rejected any of the administration’s drawdown requests to date, Bush said.
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