The Defense Department, along with the rest of the federal government, will release its fiscal year 2019 budget request on Feb. 12, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget. The Pentagon initially anticipated submitting its budget request Feb. 5. "Preparing for and then implementing the recent lapse in appropriations meant that both OMB and agency staff lost several work days during an especially critical part of the budget production process," OMB spokeswoman Meghan Burris said in a...