Showdown: Army vs Rumsfeld

This is gonna be ugly.

Army Withholds Budget, Warns Rumsfeld It's Billions Short

The Army's top officer withheld a required 2008 budget plan from Pentagon leaders last month after protesting to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld that the service could not maintain its current level of activity in Iraq plus its other global commitments without billions in additional funding.  The decision by Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, the Army's chief of staff, is believed to be [...]

Tags: Army Budget, Pentagon, Donald Rumsfeld, Peter Schoomaker