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U.S. Budget is Extended, but There are Costs

Keeping the federal government running with temporary budget resolutions is changing the way business is done/.../ Spending problems are especially acute at the Pentagon. The military got authority to give employees a 1.4 percent pay increase this year -- and did so -- but has yet to get the extra money.

Todd Harrison at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments says that's created a $3.5 billion gap (radio interview).