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Levin, Inhofe Laying Ground Work for Quick NDAA Passage After Nov. Elections

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, September 17th, 2014

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Levin, Inhofe Laying Ground Work for Quick NDAA Passage After Nov. Elections

Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

The 2015 defense authorization bill won’t be passed by the end of the fiscal year like it ideally should, but the Senate Armed Services Committee leadership is doing what it can to ensure swift passage right after the November elections. SASC Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and ranking member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) said Wednesday that they were working both with their House Armed Services Committee counterparts and with Senate leadership to make progress, even though the Senate’s version of the defense…

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