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2025-10-30 13:09:16
[US Media Reveals Funding Sources for Military Personnel Salaries During Government Shutdown, Using Three Accounts] According to a report by Axios on the 29th, citing White House officials, the government budget team used three accounts at the last minute to raise approximately $5.3 billion to pay military personnel salaries by the 30th during the ongoing US federal government shutdown. The report states that the $5.3 billion came from: $2.5 billion from the Military Housing Fund to continue providing housing subsidies to military personnel; $1.4 billion from the Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation Fund, primarily used to pay salaries to US Army and Air Force personnel (this fund typically funds military research); and $1.4 billion from a Department of Defense procurement account used for building naval vessels, primarily used to pay salaries to the US Navy and Marine Corps.
