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SASC Panel Backs Most Air, Land Programs

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, June 12th, 2013

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A Senate panel wants to authorize the Pentagon to spend nearly all of the funding it requested in fiscal year 2014 for Army and Air Force weapons programs and naval tactical aviation. The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will begin marking up its version of the FY ’14 defense authorization bill Wednesday, and will include in its overall package the report the Airland subcommittee approved Tuesday. Airland Chairman Joe Manchin (R-W.Va.) said his panel’s measure would “support virtually all of…

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