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White House Raps Pentagon for Not Spending Research Funds

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 1st, 1995

In a rare public scolding, the White House told the Pentagon not to hold up money earmarked for breast cancer and AIDS research.

Chief of Staff Leon Panetta released a letter he sent to Defense Secretary William Perry in which he said that President Clinton was very disturbed by a report that the military might not spend $180 million allocated for the research.

The Washington Post reported that $30 million earmarked for AIDS research and $150 million for breast cancer research might not be spent because the Pentagon did not consider them essential parts of the military's medical program.

The Pentagon's chief budget planner,...

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