Advocacy groups oppose OCO-to-base funding shift

By Tony Bertuca / June 30, 2016 at 4:40 PM
A letter has been drafted by a team of anti-war and anti-debt advocacy organizations from across the political spectrum encouraging members of Congress to oppose a controversial funding maneuver in the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill. The letter comes as the House and Senate Armed Services committees are gearing up to reconcile their respective versions of the bill. Among other requests, the letter asks lawmakers to oppose the House-led effort to shift $18 billion from the Defense Department's overseas...

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