Todd Harrison sur Twitter : "No acrimony there. #GreeceElections
▻https://twitter.com/todd_harrison/status/559422145668063232
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Pentagon ’big winner’ in $1T omnibus bill
▻http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/budget-appropriations/195449-pentagon-a-big-winner-in-1t-omnibus-spending-bill“The American people are winners, because we actually got a bipartisan, bicameral bill that directs spending. That’s a huge winner,” said Sen. #Claire_McCaskill (D-Mo.).
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War Funding Climbs in Omnibus Bill for First Time Since 2010
▻http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140114/DEFREG02/301140032/War-Funding-Climbs-Omnibus-Bill-First-Time-Since-2010?odyssey=nav%7Chea“It appears Congress used the OCO loophole to increase the base defense budget without breaching the budget caps they just agreed to,” said Todd Harrison of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
“The cuts from [operations and maintenance accounts] and procurement in the base budget were largely offset by corresponding increases in the OCO budget, which doesn’t count against the budget caps,” he said. “This is nothing new — Congress and DoD have been using this tactic to soften the impact of budget constraints for several years now.”
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