Lawmakers said yesterday they were close to crafting a compromise Pentagon policy bill, following multiple meetings of the four key House and Senate negotiators, though some key matters remained unresolved. The official House-Senate conference committee that will approve a final fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill had not met as of last night. Yet the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate armed services committees have met informally more than once. “We’re making good progress,” Senate Armed Services…
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