By David Francis with Sabine Muscat
Obama’s $4 trillion budget sticks to the Asia-Pacific pivot. Crises in Ukraine and the Middle East are hot right now. But President Barack Obama’s 2016 spending plan shows that the White House doesn’t believe these problems are lasting. The long-term challenges are in Asia, FP’s Gopal Ratnam and Kate Brannen report. Meanwhile, FP’s John Hudson details the Obama administration’s efforts to stop illegal immigration before it starts in Central America. Finally, the Pentagon wants $585 billion for its 2016 budget, including $1.3 billion to fight the Islamic State. It ignores sequestration, which caps DoD’s budget …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
