Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) is seeking support on the Senate floor for a 24-page amendment that would increase Pentagon overseas contingency operations spending by $17 billion in the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill. A spokesman for McCain justified the boost in spending in a May 26 statement to Inside Defense , despite the senator's past criticisms of the OCO as an end-run around budgetary accountability. "Placing the additional funds in OCO is completely consistent with...
