The Pentagon wants to shield war-specific funding from potential across-the-board funding cuts, a move that could shift larger reductions to other defense budget items such as weapons programs. “It is certainly our hope to be able to protect (Overseas Contingency Operation) OCO funds,” Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters yesterday when speculating the Pentagon would deal with so-called sequestration budget cuts. “We expect to continue to be able to prosecute the war effort in Afghanistan,” he said at the…
DoD Looks To Shield War Funds From Cuts
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