
The Pentagon on Thursday requested an additional $30 billion in fiscal year 2017 funding as part of its “supplemental.”The $30 billion includes nearly $25 billion in base funding plus roughly $5.1 billion in wartime spending, also known as overseas contingency operations (OCO) spending. The OCO spending, unlike the base budget, is not subject to sequestration budget caps. This money is in addition to the roughly $589 billion requested by the administration of former President Barack Obama.Budget guru Todd Harrison of…