WASHINGTON: White House decides to slide war-funding accounts into the base budget, which will stress programs barely keeping up with inflation.

Biden's Defense Budget Flat; State, Domestic Programs Big Winners WASHINGTON: In a return to budgetary order after 20 years of paying for wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria outside of the defense budget, the Biden administration is moving the Overseas Contingency Operations funding back into the base budget for 2022. The move comes as part of the White House's 2022 budget request as the administration looks to wind down the presence of thousands of US troops on the ground in Central Command's area of responsibility. Read more » Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe