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By Cal Biesecker

Monday, July 16th, 2012

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Appropriations Delay. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) suggests the Senate will not take up the fiscal year 2013 appropriations bills for the Department of Defense (DoD) and all other federal agencies before FY ’12 ends Sept. 30. “Until the Republicans get real, we can’t do that,” he says, charging they have “refused to adhere to the law that guides this country.” House Republicans have been advancing the spending…

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