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After Paris Attacks, House Lawmakers Consider Additions to FY16 Wartime Spending Budget

After Paris Attacks, House Lawmakers Consider Additions to FY16 Wartime Spending Budget
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee

House leaders are contemplating the addition of funds to the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account—which funds wartime expenses—to augment operations against the Islamic State terror group, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee told reporters on Tuesday.After the Islamic State’s attack on Paris last weekend, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif) asked HASC Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and the chairmen of the House Appropriations, Judiciary, Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security committees to develop short and long term solutions to…

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