House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) has encouraged the Pentagon to attach a request for additional fiscal year 2018 defense funds to disaster aid legislation moving on Capitol Hill. "Kim Jong Un is not waiting until December," Thornberry said at a Heritage Foundation event, referencing the expiration date of an ongoing stopgap funding measure. "I've suggested to the department this is the time to get a head start," he continued. Thornberry said, however, that DOD needs to lobby...
