Pentagon Ponders Budget Options For Obama's New ISIS Strategy

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The Pentagon is trying to determine what path it will take to resource President Obama's new strategy to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which he expects to detail in a speech Wednesday. Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said the Defense Department was still evaluating whether it would need Congress to increase funding. "We believe that we can meet all our requirements right now" with fiscal year 2014 overseas contingency operations funding, he said. "The secretary has often said that we're going to continue to evaluate needs for future OCO funding as these operations evolve."