CSBA warns that a skinny DOD budget risks compromising US readiness
The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), “nonpartisan” hawks, warned in Defense One that a Pentagon “skinny budget” could force risky tradeoffs between near-term readiness and future modernization. Congressional leaders are set to review a slimmed-down fiscal 2026 budget later this month, and the choices made now could define