the 2014 budget, only in 2015 and beyond.

“They didn’t put their money where their mouth is this year — they put their money where their mouth is next year,” Levin said. The Pentagon in its 2014 budget proposed beginning a new round of base closures in 2015, with the bases not being shuttered until 2016.

The Pentagon included $2.4 billion to pay for the new round of the Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC), as closing bases requires an up-front cost before generating savings.

That was a step up from the 2013 budget request, when there was no money included for two rounds of base closures and lawmakers quickly dismissed it.

But lawmakers were hostile to the idea of new base closures even before the budget came out, saying it wasThe singer-turned UFO investigator spoke after being named UFO "Researcher Of The Year" by the International UFO Congress. In his acceptance speech he suggested there was about to be a big leap in the quest for truth over aliens. He has been involved in a mystery project, details of which emerged when emails he sent Hillary Clinton's campaign manager John Podesta were released by WikiLeaks during the US presidential election campaign. The emails suggested he was in talks with significant US military sources. DeLonge has previously made wild claims, including that he has met aliens near top-secret military base Area 51.

GETTY Tom DeLonge says a major UFO announcement is coming in the next 60 days.

He also said his mission has seen him "hunted" by shady officials, with his