The undersecretary also acknowledged the need to explain its decisions to Congress, and that the service is prepared for pushback from lawmakers. Army leaders have been able to shift more than 31 billion in the Army’s budget to its top. But it’s when you blindside them on a budget drop day, that’s very different,” he said. WASHINGTON In a process reminiscent of what you might see on the TV show Shark Tank,' U.S. “You work with companies, and they’ll adjust. He also told reporters that the service is communicating with industry about budgetary changes, adding that working with industry is better than “blindsiding” companies. “We wanted to do that so we can protect them in the out years if it’s a flat fiscal environment.” We made hard choices inside of our budget,” McCarthy said. “All six of the Army priorities will have vast increases. He did note the budget rollout is set for March 12, after having been pushed back from early February. But because the fiscal 2020 defense budget has yet to be released, he wouldn’t comment on what specific programs were cut. Of that $31 billion, McCarthy told reporters more than $8 billion shifted will mean cuts to the costs of existing programs over the next five years, while the remaining $22 billion shifted means cuts to some programs and the termination of others.
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