-challenged (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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In Pentagon-speak (and much of the rest of the govt, I suppose),
resource means money.

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> Rep. Menendez tells a Congressional committee that the State
Department
> "has been resource-challenged for many years."
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> Not enough money? Not enough people? Not enough embassies? Not enough
> brains? Not enough pencils? Not enough anything?
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> But the term *is* user-friendly.
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> JL
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