The White House has submitted to Congress a $58.6 billion request for Defense Department overseas contingency operations funds in fiscal year 2015 to pay for ongoing operations in Afghanistan, but also to begin arming "vetted elements of the Syrian armed opposition" and support an array of counterterrorism partnerships in Africa and the Middle East. The FY-15 OCO request is $20.9 billion below the $79.4 billion placeholder figure Congress has been operating with, and $26.4 billion less than the $85 billion...
