The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) voted 61-0 to move its annual defense bill to the House floor, after a 14-hour markup that reversed several cuts the Pentagon tried to make and largely prioritized having more platforms and a less ready force over a smaller but more prepared military. As the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act markup dragged late into Wednesday night, lawmakers reversed several key decisions that helped keep the Pentagon’s budget under the congressionally mandated $521…
