England Calls on Congress to Pass Funding Quickly

– The deputy secretary of defense called on Congress to act quickly to pass the fiscal 2008 supplemental legislation for the war on terror. In a May 15 letter, Gordon England told Congress the legislation is urgent and needed before the House and Senate recess for Memorial Day.

“Absent additional Congressional action, the Army will run out of military personnel funds by mid-June and operation and maintenance funds by early July,” England said in the letter.

Civilian personnel funding and money for the Commander’s Emergency Response Program also is included in the operations-and-maintenance accounts.

“CERP funding is a critical enabler that our ground force commanders are using on a daily basis in Iraq and Afghanistan to shape the strategic environment,” England wrote.

Without quick action, the program runs dry in mid-June.

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