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House Appropriators Add $1.6 Billion To Procurement; Save AWACS, Carrier, Nat’l Guard Apaches

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, May 29th, 2014

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House Appropriators Add $1.6 Billion To Procurement; Save AWACS, Carrier, Nat’l Guard Apaches

The House Appropriations defense subcommittee laid out a $570.4 billion spending plan Thursday that followed in the House Armed Services Committee’s path of cutting operations and maintenance and research and development accounts to support equipment procurement. The appropriations bill includes $491 billion in the base budget and $79.4 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations fund. The base budget provides for $91.2 billion for equipment procurement and upgrades in fiscal year 2015, which is $1.6 billion more than the Pentagon requested.…

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