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Obama Signs DoD Spending Bill Into Law With Little Fanfare

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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford President Barack Obama signed the $636.3 billion defense appropriations bill into law on Saturday, just as temporary Pentagon funding for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 ran out. Now that the fiscal year 2010 spending measure is law contracts can be entered into with defense firms. Obama drew little attention to his weekend signing of the bill, which observers previously speculated he could veto. The measure funds programs the administration wants to end, including the second…

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