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DoD Preparing Fiscal 2004 Budget Request for White House
Thursday, November 21, 2002
By Kathleen T. Rhem
American Forces Press Service

"If you're going to be precise in the application of your forces and bring about the desired effects, you need to be able to persistently surveil the environment in which you're operating."

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
Defense Department officials are in the final stages of preparing the DoD fiscal 2004 budget request for the president, a senior adviser said today.

Stephen Cambone, director of program analysis and evaluation, explained the ongoing budget process today in a Pentagon media briefing. He said the military services were required to send DoD their budget priorities by Aug. 22.

From there, defense budget officials worked with service representatives to make sure the services' priorities were in line with the department's priorities.

Cambone said officials laid out all the possible options for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld early this month. He said the secretary and his staff are reviewing those options and will have a final budget request ready to send to the White House by early December.
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