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Senate Advances Defense Authorization Bill

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Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

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The Senate voted to advance a $662 billion defense authorization bill recently for fiscal 2012, likely setting up the long-delayed legislation for final approval this week. The 88-12 vote to reach cloture for the National Defense Authorization Act came one day after an agreement to an amendment proposed by senators Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, that is designed to curtail the influx of counterfeit electronic parts in…

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