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Trump eyes 'flexible' Islamic State war fund, Guantanamo upgrade
Source: Reuters
POLITICS | Thu Mar 16, 2017 | 5:57pm EDT
Trump eyes 'flexible' Islamic State war fund, Guantanamo upgrade
By Phil Stewart and Mike Stone | WASHINGTON
President Donald Trump is asking Congress to give the Pentagon about $2 billion for a "flexible" fund to use against Islamic State over the next six months, as his administration weighs changes to the U.S.-led campaign against the militant group.
Trump is also seeking to upgrade long-underfunded facilities at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba that Trump's Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, unsuccessfully sought to close during his eight-year administration.
"It doesn't seem like we are going to close it anytime soon," John Roth, the acting Pentagon comptroller, told a Pentagon news briefing, explaining the move.
The proposals were part of a $30 billion supplemental request to Congress to add more money to the Pentagon's budget during the government's ongoing fiscal year, which began under the Obama administration and ends in September.
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Trump eyes 'flexible' Islamic State war fund, Guantanamo upgrade
By Phil Stewart and Mike Stone | WASHINGTON
President Donald Trump is asking Congress to give the Pentagon about $2 billion for a "flexible" fund to use against Islamic State over the next six months, as his administration weighs changes to the U.S.-led campaign against the militant group.
Trump is also seeking to upgrade long-underfunded facilities at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba that Trump's Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, unsuccessfully sought to close during his eight-year administration.
"It doesn't seem like we are going to close it anytime soon," John Roth, the acting Pentagon comptroller, told a Pentagon news briefing, explaining the move.
The proposals were part of a $30 billion supplemental request to Congress to add more money to the Pentagon's budget during the government's ongoing fiscal year, which began under the Obama administration and ends in September.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget-islamicstate-idUSKBN16N2ZP