The Pentagon's fiscal year 2017 spending proposal appears to have received at least a $600 million haircut in the budget endgame, a slight decrease that amounts to about one-tenth of 1 percent compared to the FY-17 U.S. military spending forecast bandied about late last year. Defense Secretary Ash Carter during an address to the Economic Club of Washington on Feb. 2 revealed the total FY-17 Pentagon spending request set to be sent to Congress next week will be $582.7 billion...
