The Budget: Numbers to Know

Here are some of the figures inside the President’s budget: $750 billion in overall defense and security funding ($718 billion of which goes to DOD) $165 billion in OCO funds, a big boost to help skirt budget caps $8.6 billion for a southern border wall ($3.6 billion...

DOD Officials to Talk Budget on the Hill

More details of the President’s budget request will start to emerge in coming days as Pentagon leaders testify on the President’s budget request. Here are upcoming hearings to follow, some of which will stream online: Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Chief of...

Milcon: Where the Budget Process Hits a Wall

The defense budget request will include a $9 billion emergency fund, Defense News reported, citing sources familiar with the budget. At least $2 billion of that would be used for rebuilding and repairing infrastructure hit by storms, said its sources, who added that...