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Lightly Amended Senate Defense Authorization Bill Heads To Conference

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Friday, September 19th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford The Senate's Wednesday night passage of a sparsely amended defense authorization bill kicked into high gear House-Senate negotiations over differences between each chamber's version of the legislation for fiscal year 2009, which starts in two weeks. Because of the unique nature of the conference committee talks--being held as the House eyes a wrap-up date of Sept. 26, with a Senate bill that was largely untouched on the floor--staff negotiators likely are sticking to big-picture items. That means differences between…

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