President Obama vetoes $612 billion defense bill that would have created war-fighting 'slush fund

[eridani]

Good for him.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/22/1437487/-President-Obama-vetoes-612-defense-bill-that-would-have-created-war-fighting-slush-fund

President Barack Obama Thursday vetoed a $612 billion defense policy bill over objections to the way it is funded and provisions that he says would complicate his vow to close the Guantánamo military prison in Cuba.

The bill—National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2016—would have boosted the budget by $38 billion that would have been transferred to a fund that is not covered by budget caps. The White House called this a “funding gimmick.” Jordan Fabian reports:

The president argues that it irresponsibly skirts spending caps put in place by the 2011 Budget Control Act. He has called on Congress to increase both defense and nondefense spending.

“The bill includes this slush fund tactic that’s an irresponsible way to fund our most basic national security priorities,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters last week.

[think]

1. good. but he still wants to increase defense spending. sigh....