House Republicans on Tuesday introduced its fiscal year 2017 budget proposal, which provides $551 billion in base funding for defense and $74 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO).Those numbers conform to the funding levels set by the Bipartisan Budget Act and echo the president’s FY '17 national security budget request, which put forward the same amounts. The Defense Department’s share of the pie includes $523.9 billion for base expenses and $58.8 billion in wartime expenses it spelled out in its…
