By Emelie Rutherford A Defense Department spokesman acknowledged yesterday that the next defense budget will not be as large as a proposal crafted last year at the Pentagon, and suggested war funding may not be shifted into the base budget next fiscal year to the extent lawmakers want. The Obama White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in a passback memo has called for the Pentagon's discretionary budget for fiscal year 2010 to be $524 billion, according a source…
Pentagon: Next Base Budget Request May Not Include All War Funding
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