New Pentagon Budget Proposes Funding Cuts To Military Newspaper 'Stars And Stripes'

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/11/804941519/new-pentagon-budget-proposes-funding-cuts-to-military-newspaper-stars-and-stripe

February 11, 20204:24 PM ET
Heard on All Things Considered

One of the items targeted for cuts in the Trump administration's budget proposal is a newspaper that first published during the Civil War. Stars and Stripes is editorially independent from the U.S. military, but a big chunk of its budget comes from the Pentagon. And the Pentagon plans to cut some of that funding starting this fall.

I'm joined in studio now by Terry Leonard, editorial director of Stars and Stripes. Welcome to the program.

TERRY LEONARD: Thank you.

CORNISH: At this point, what do you know about just how much money you could lose and how that would affect your budget?

LEONARD: Well, we don't know exactly how much money we'll lose. We have unofficial numbers that we'll lose $7 million. That would represent about 35% of our operational spending.

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