Shadowy Supplemental

6:05 p.m. -- Beyond invoking Congressional wrath by not requesting a year’s worth of emergency supplemental spending with the White House budget, the Defense Department is providing little information about the $70 million that was ultimately tacked on. When DoD released its detailed justification documents hours after the budget was released, none explained what the supplemental would cover. DoD said in a press release that “details will be provided to Congress once the specific needs of our troops on the ground are better known,” which apparently won’t happen until General Petraeus’ briefing in the Spring. The White House included a 27-page addendum on “supplemental proposals” to its explanatory budget document which consisted mostly of details about how the $102 billion of supplementary funds still awaiting Congressional approval would be spent.

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