[Covenantor]

"The change was mandated by Congress as a part of the 2012 budget, and the Pentagon announced the implementation of the new rules on Thursday."

Thank you.

That makes the headline a bit misleading, then.

How did this get by us at FR when it was being taken up by Congress?

I'm at a point where I need my afternoon naps but I'm pretty sure that NO BUDGET has been passed by the House and Senate since Owhammy took office. Or has this been buried in the innumerable "Continuing Resolutions"?

Someone please tell me I'm wrong.

[NativeNewYorker]

You raise an excellent point. We're way way past the point where a formal, open, honest process sets laws or allocates the public treasury.

Money is being raised and spent. The specifics remain murky.