“The Pentagon has withheld $104 million from research labs at Fort Detrick and Aberdeen Proving Ground, a decision that has Maryland lawmakers scratching their heads, given the expanding threat of the Wuhan coronavirus.”
“Maryland’s congressional delegation sent a letter Wednesday to Defense Secretary Mark Esper expressing concern that funds have been withheld from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, USAMRIID, and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, although the latter facility was misidentified in the letter.”
“The funds actually are being withheld from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, USAMRICD, also at Aberdeen…”
Source: Pentagon withholding funds from Army’s top medical bio and chem labs – By Patricia Kime, February 6, 2020. MarineTimes.
