Defense lawmakers have approved the lion's share of the Pentagon's request to shift billions of dollars in existing funds toward new and emerging priorities, according to a recently filed congressional response to a July "omnibus" reprogramming document . The Pentagon initially sought to shift $4.7 billion across various accounts, but lawmakers from congressional defense committees have approved about $3.8 billion, deferring or denying several large requests, some of which would have launched new-start programs that appropriators are typically reluctant to...
