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Explain the practice of "full funding" as it applies to Congressional funding for defense programs. What are some of the problems associated with this type of funding versus annual appropriations?

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The practice of "full funding" in relation to congressional funding for defense programs is to prevent usage of incremental funding in the procurement of equipment and weapons by imposing a requirement that the total procurement cost of the item being procured is to be ...

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