Pentagon's plans for inflated OCO request spark conflict on Capitol Hill

By Tony Bertuca / February 14, 2019 at 4:51 PM
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK) said this week he would back the Pentagon if it submitted a budget requesting a massively inflated warfighting account intended to skirt statutory spending caps, but his Democratic counterpart Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) opposes the move on the grounds that it is a "dramatic retreat . . . from common sense and good government." Inside Defense first broke news last week of the Pentagon's plans to submit an Overseas Contingency Operations request...

Not a subscriber? Sign up for 30 days free access to exclusive, behind-the-scenes reporting on defense policy and procurement.

Log in to access this content.