The Defense Department is not expected to honor Congress' request to deliver a supplemental budget request for fiscal year 2009 when it submits its overall budget Feb. 4, according to House and Senate aides. If the Pentagon holds back the supplemental request, that may be in part because lawmakers have not yet approved the entire war funding request for FY '08. Moving any kind of spending legislation will be tricky in an election year, aides said. It was difficult even…
Pentagon Expected To Submit Budget Without War Funding Request
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