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Final NDAA negotiations to begin Wednesday

Tuesday, November 28th, 2023

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Final NDAA negotiations to begin Wednesday

Members of the House and Senate were set to formally kick off final negotiations for the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, the Senate Armed Services Committee announced. The leaders of the two chambers’ Armed Services Committees were set to appear briefly in public in the Senate Dirksen Office Building on Wednesday before moving to a closed-door meeting with other lawmakers to attempt to meld two separate National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA) into one. The annual bill sets spending…

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