Overseas Contingency Operations

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U.S. budgetary designation military funding category

Overseas Contingency Operations is a U.S. government term adopted to describe and fund military and related activities previously framed under the Global War on Terrorism.

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Label	Occurrences
Overseas Contingency Operations canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. budgetary designation ⓘ military funding category ⓘ
aimedAt	supporting overseas military contingencies ⓘ supporting unforeseen national security operations ⓘ
appliesTo	United States Agency for International Development ⓘ surface form: U.S. Agency for International Development Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Defense United States Department of State ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of State
associatedWith	Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ Operation Inherent Resolve ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ surface form: Operation Iraqi Freedom U.S. operations against ISIS ⓘ
budgetFunction	defense ⓘ international affairs ⓘ
controversy	lack of clear criteria for designation ⓘ use for base-budget activities ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCharacteristic	often exempt from discretionary spending caps ⓘ separate from the Pentagon base budget ⓘ sometimes called a slush fund by critics ⓘ sometimes criticized as a budgetary loophole ⓘ treated as emergency or supplemental funding ⓘ
introducedUnder	Barack Obama presidency ⓘ surface form: Barack Obama administration
legalForm	appropriations category in U.S. federal budget ⓘ
monitoredBy	Congressional Budget Office ⓘ Government Accountability Office ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ surface form: U.S. Congress
phaseOutDiscussion	post-2010s efforts to move costs back into base budget ⓘ
policyGoal	provide flexible funding for overseas conflicts ⓘ separate long-term defense planning from short-term contingencies ⓘ
rebrandedFrom	Global War on Terrorism terminology ⓘ
relatedTo	U.S. defense budget ⓘ U.S. foreign aid budget ⓘ counterterrorism policy ⓘ supplemental appropriations ⓘ war funding ⓘ
replaced	Global War on Terrorism ⓘ surface form: Global War on Terrorism (budget term)
startTime	late 2000s ⓘ
usedFor	funding U.S. military operations abroad ⓘ funding counterterrorism operations ⓘ funding diplomatic operations in conflict zones ⓘ funding operations in Afghanistan ⓘ funding operations in Iraq ⓘ funding other Middle East military operations ⓘ funding reconstruction and stabilization activities ⓘ funding security assistance programs ⓘ funding war-related costs not in the base budget ⓘ

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Global War on Terrorism → rebrandedAs → Overseas Contingency Operations ⓘ