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Obama Signs Defense Bill on Dec. 19; Hagel Concerned About Sequester in ’16

Obama Signs Defense Bill on Dec. 19; Hagel Concerned About Sequester in ’16
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center, Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and DoD Comptroller Robert Hale testify on DOD’s fiscal year 2015 budget request before the House Armed Services Committee on March 6, 2014. DOD photo

President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 on Friday, with the final version of the bill keeping most of his overseas spending priorities in tact but gutting most of his spending reform ideas and priorities in the base bill. Obama said in a statement that “I have signed this annual defense authorization legislation because it will provide vital benefits for military personnel and their families, as well as critical contingency authorities needed to counter…

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