The Pentagon and the Office of Management and Budget have asked Congress for permission to use wartime dollars to fund increased naval operations in Iraq, according to a Navy official and a reprogramming request obtained by Inside the Navy . "We expect to be able to fund current operations in Iraq with fiscal year 2014 overseas contingency operations appropriations," Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Bill Urban said in a statement emailed to ITN . "The [defense] secretary and the department have said...
