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Senate appropriators increased missile defense funding by $1.4 billion over the administration’s request for fiscal year (FY) 2018, but at a lower rate than the authorization bill allowed for.The Senate Appropriations Committee’s (SAC) report, released Nov. 21, funded the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) at $9.3 billion, about $1.4 billion over the administration’s request (Defense Daily, Nov. 21).However, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), approved earlier this month, authorized the MDA to be funded at up to $12.3 billion. That was…
