The Pentagon shifted $20 billion from OCO to base budget. Here's what it included.
By: Aaron Mehta   2 days ago
The White House's FY19 Budget is on display after arriving on Capitol Hill on Feb. 12, 2018. (Susan Walsh/AP)
WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon’s decision to shift $20 billion from wartime funding into the base budget now has some clarity.
During the Feb. 12 budget rollout of the fiscal 2019 budget request, there was a discrepancy of about $20 billion between what the printed materials said would be in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds and what Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist said were the correct figures.
https://www.militarytimes.com/smr/federal-budget/2018/02/23/the-pentagon-shifted-20-billion-from-oco-to-base-budget-heres-what-it-included/
