Troy Meink: “We are always happy to come down and walk through with you…”

“Well should we expect this request to be a one year anomaly or is the department planning to continue to shift defense funding into mandatory accounts going forward which would give this committee far less oversight over defense spending. So again We are always happy to come down and walk through with you how we're spending the resources fully transparent. Whether it's reconciliation or in the base with respect to the out years, the department will continue to work with the Department of War.” (55:31–55:38)

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