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Amendments Piling Up To Defense Policy Bill

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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

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Emelie Rutherford The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is preparing to field a slew of amendments to the defense authorization bill tomorrow, including proposals regarding missile defense, the Air Force tanker solicitation, and Navy shipbuilding. Committee Republicans plan to launch a partisan debate during tomorrow's all-day bill-writing session on President Barack Obama's so-called phased-adaptive approach to missile defense in Europe and beyond. The minority party members have written an amendment, to the fiscal year 2011 bill approved by HASC subcommittees…

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