The Defense Department ended fiscal year 2015 with a total of $93.8 billion in unobligated funds from prior years, a newly tallied figure likely of interest mostly to budget technocrats -- but a sum that could take on significant importance for weapon system programs should the newly minted FY-16 to -17 budget agreement somehow fail to be enacted. The Pentagon's unobligated balances shifted in recent years from being an esoteric part of DOD's financial management to a pivotal role in...
