Task & Purpose: ‘There is no slush fund,’ Acting SecDef Shanahan says of $165 billion wartime budget (that mostly doesn't fund combat operations)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren accused the Pentagon of creating a "slush fund" by loading its wartime budget with nearly $100 billion that does not fund operations in Syria, Iraq, or Afghanistan.
The Pentagon's proposed $718 billion fiscal 2020 budget includes $165 billion for "overseas contingency operations," which is supposed to fund combat operations and is not subject to limits on defense spending that Congress imposed as part of the Budget Control Act of 2011.
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More News On Today's US Senate Testimony By Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan
Senators sharply question Pentagon on budget ‘slush fund’ -- AP
Shanahan: Charging allies to house US troops, plus 50 percent surcharge, isn’t happening -- Defense News
Pentagon chief calls reports of charges to allies erroneous: 'We won't do cost plus 50' -- The Hill
Dear Allies: Pay ‘Fair Share,’ Says Shanahan — Not 50% Plus -- Breaking Defense
Shanahan grilled on Pentagon's border wall funding -- The Hill
Pentagon’s Shanahan Warns of China’s Growing Military Might -- Bloomberg
In testimony, Shanahan underlines it’s ‘China, China, China’ -- Defense News
Acting Defense secretary distances himself from Boeing controversy -- The Hill
Shanahan pitches Space Force in Senate testimony -- Space News
Pentagon chief Shanahan makes pitch for Space Force -- Washington Times
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