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SAC OK’s DoD Approps Bill

Julie Samuel

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

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The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) approved a $516.4 billion Pentagon budget bill Thursday by a 22-8 vote, just as Congress prepared to leave Washington for five weeks and return less than a month before the new fiscal year starts. Lawmakers and aides expect the Pentagon to start fiscal year 2014 on Oct. 1 operating under a “continuing resolution” that simply extends defense funding and gives military officials little flexibility. The SAC’s bill still would need to be passed by the…

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