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Defense Bill Stalled By Months Amid Gay-Policy Fighting

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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford The Senate voted yesterday against debating the defense authorization bill because of Republican qualms with Democrats' tactics and a proposed change to policy on gay troops, likely stalling consideration of the legislation until November. Meanwhile, supporters of both Boeing [BA] and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) filed dueling amendments to the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization bill regarding whether the Pentagon should consider a trans-Atlantic trade dispute when weighing bids for the Air Force aerial-refueling…

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