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Compromise DoD Authorization Bill Moves To House, Approps Deal Takes Shape

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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford House and Senate appropriators reached an unofficial conference agreement on the fiscal year 2009 defense appropriations bill last Friday, and agreed to include partial procurement funding for a DDG-1000 destroyer and an LPD-17 amphibious ship, House Appropriations Defense subcommittee Chairman John Murtha (D-Pa.) said yesterday. In addition, House-Senate negotiators on the defense authorization bill agreed to a compromise measure early this week, and the House likely will vote on the policy measure today. The House Armed Services…

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