Pentagon still working budget for planned troop increases

By Tony Bertuca / July 20, 2016 at 5:35 PM
The Defense Department has yet to send Congress a plan to pay for President Obama's new policy to keep 2,900 additional troops in Afghanistan through 2017, but Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said DOD is working on a path forward with the White House Office of Management and Budget. "We're talking with our partners within the administration, other agencies as well -- OMB, of course -- and a conversation we're going to have with Congress on the most efficient and...

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