
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday evening unanimously passed its $740 billion fiscal year 2021 defense authorization, while approving new amendments to block the removal of troops from Germany and renaming bases named for Confederate leaders within a year. The mark-up hearing wrapped up just before midnight following a series of debates that included voting down proposals to reduce funding for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program by $1 billion and expand lobbying restrictions for military officials entering the private…