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The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) announced late June 25 that its fiscal year 2018 defense appropriations bill would give the Department of Defense $584.2 billion in discretionary funding, $68.1 billion above the FY 2017 enacted level and $18.4 billion above the Trump administration’s request.The bill also would provide $73.9 billion in overseas contingency operations (OCO)/global war on terrorism (GWOT) funding, or about $10 billion more than the request, bringing the legislation’s total amount to $658.1 billion. “This bill reflects what…
