CBO says 70 percent of DOD's OCO account not really for contingencies

By Tony Bertuca / October 24, 2018 at 4:24 PM
About 70 percent of the Pentagon's $69 billion Overseas Contingency Operations account -- intended for warfighting costs -- will actually pay for "enduring" priorities that would likely continue in the absence of U.S. military operations in the Middle East, according to a new Congressional Budget Office report. Though the Pentagon has recently been more upfront about its reliance on OCO to circumvent spending caps mandated by the 2011 Budget Control Act, the department has not provided a clear and up-to-date...

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