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The U.S. House approved the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization conference report by a wide margin Dec. 2, voting 375 to 34 to send the measure to the Senate for its consideration.While the legislation authorizes spending $619 billion on national defense, $3.2 billion above President Obama’s request, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said the total amount is still “not nearly enough” and that he hopes the incoming Trump administration will send Congress a supplemental…
