Several senators last week asked military leaders to study the legal implications of offsetting sequestration cuts through a massive increase in war spending, a move championed by congressional Republicans. The information could eventually help lawmakers craft legislation governing the war-related portion of the fiscal year 2016 defense budget, senators said. Military officials have argued that overseas contingency operations appropriations come with too many strings attached, and that legal revisions would be necessary for the money to be useful in non-war...
