Trump Selects OCO-Opponent Mulvaney for OMB

Defense News: WASHINGTON — Team Trump's pick for White House budget director, US Rep. Mick Mulvaney, has a track record of fighting the use of the Pentagon's war account to skirt budget caps.

Mulvaney, R-S.C., over the last two years led an alliance of Republican deficit hawks and liberal Democrats in the House pushing back on what they saw as abuses of the overseas contingency operations (OCO) account.

Budgeteers have used the account as a relief valve for non-emergency funds, fueling criticism that it has become a slush fund.

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