Mattis: New defense strategy won't work under budget caps

Defense News: Who’s the top enemy of America’s new National Defense Strategy? The answer may be Congress, if lawmakers fail to act.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told lawmakers Thursday the strategy is “not sustainable” under budget caps due to return in 2020 and 2021, unless Congress arrives at a way to ease or eliminate them.

“If [budget caps] were to go into effect, the first cut would be $85 billion for FY20. That means the strategy is not sustainable,” Mattis told AirLand Subcommittee Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark.

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