Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent

Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 08:31 in Mathematics & Economics

The president asked for $79.4 billion to fund so-called overseas contingency operations in fiscal 2014, which begins October 1, down from his original $88.5 billion request, a White House aide said. Obama made the request in a letter to Congress. The U.S. chief executive has sai …

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