The Pentagon is asking defense authorization conferees to provide full operations and maintenance funding for the office of the under secretary of defense for intelligence. The Senate approved President Bush's $56.6 million request for the office in its version of the fiscal year 2005 authorization bill, but the House cut the figure by $20 million. Defense officials learned the cut was made because of concerns about "unjustified program growth," according to an appeal to conferees sent to Capitol Hill this...
