The White House is requesting an additional $5 billion in overseas contingency funding in fiscal year 2015 to support its expanded campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, with $1.6 billion to support the U.S. mission to train and equip Iraqi and Kurdish forces, according to government documents. The initial OCO request made in June sought $58.6 billion, but new additions sought by the Pentagon would bring OCO to $63.6 billion for fiscal year 2015. The White...
