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Defense Approps Nears Senate Passage

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Friday, October 2nd, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Senate neared final passage of the defense appropriations bill last night after accepting amendments including one requiring the Pentagon report to Congress on ground-based interceptor missiles. The most-dramatic Senate vote on the $636.3 billion Pentagon spending plan for fiscal year 2010 came Wednesday night, when the chamber shot down a proposal from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to strike from the bill $2.5 billion for 10 Boeing [BA] C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft not requested by the…

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