The Office of the Secretary of Defense is wrestling with how to package a future war-cost spending request that will ultimately be the responsibility of an Obama or McCain administration, a debate that pivots on whether any portion of military supplemental appropriations requests can be incorporated into the fiscal year 2010 base budget proposal. On May 13, Pentagon Comptroller Tina Jonas and Bradley Berkson, director of program analysis and evaluation, issued guidance to the Defense Department on preparing the fiscal...
