White House officials will recommend that President Obama veto the proposed House defense appropriations bill if it is passed in its current form, citing opposition to a fiscal maneuver that would shift $16 billion from the Pentagon's warfighting account to its base budget, according to a new statement of administration policy from the Office of Management and Budget. The White House joined congressional Democrats in arguing that the GOP's plan for shifting $16 billion from the Defense Department's overseas contingency...
