U.S. Special Operations Command is heavily dependent upon funding in the Overseas Contingency Operations account, and would be negatively impacted if OCO were to vanish without moving those dollars into the base budget, the command's chief told lawmakers Tuesday. During a House Armed Services emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee hearing , SOCOM chief Gen. Raymond Thomas said his combatant command leverages OCO "to the tune of about 30 percent of our total obligation authority." He noted that is relative to...
