(Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a joint statement from House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) and House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY).) For the first time publicly, the Trump administration is confirming its plans to request from Congress a massive increase in Overseas Contingency Operations funds, a strategy to beat mandatory budget caps that has shocked lawmakers and analysts . Inside Defense exclusively reported the administration's "big OCO" plans...
