After deliberating late into the night, the House Armed Services Committee passed its version of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill that seeks to shift $18 billion of overseas contingency operations funding into the Pentagon's base budget to pay for unrequested weapon procurements and troop increases. The bill, passed early Thursday morning, would authorize roughly $523 billion for the Defense Department's base budget and $58.8 billion for the OCO account. However, the bill would shift $18 billion from OCO...
