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DoD: No details yet on how to pay for Trump's military parade

Federal Times: President Donald Trump’s proposed military parade has a potential date and location: Veterans Day in Washington.

But there’s still the question of how it will be paid for.

“When we talk about the options — the composition, the theme, the date, the location, the associated costs — all those are being looked at as part of the options that are being created,” said Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Rob Manning. “The funding stream is a line that they [parade planners] would have to provide details on.”

No money was allocated for a parade in the fiscal 2019 budget, and none was previously identified in the fiscal 2018 budget, which ends Sept. 30, six weeks before the planned parade date.agon has received White House direction on President Trump's proposed parade, officials said.

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