Player Embed Code: Download Embed Share Defense Officials Brief Media on Fiscal 2020 Budget Proposal Defense.gov March 12, 2019 | 39:07 David L. Norquist, who is performing the duties of the deputy secretary of defense, Defense Department Deputy Comptroller Elaine McCusker and Army Lt. Gen. Anthony R. Ierardi, the Joint Staff's director of force structure, resources and assessment, announce the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2020 defense budget request during a news conference at the Pentagon, March 12, 2019.