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SASC Approves $25 Billion Increase To Pentagon’s FY ‘22 Topline In Their NDAA

SASC Approves $25 Billion Increase To Pentagon’s FY ‘22 Topline In Their NDAA
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee

The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted to increase the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2022 topline by $25 billion above the president’s $715 billion budget request in its version of the next defense policy bill. The topline boost, which was confirmed by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on a Thursday call with reporters, was approved during SASC’s closed door National Defense Authorization markup on Wednesday. “The committee agreed, based on just the world the way that it is now and the challenges…

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