
The outgoing top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee said Tuesday the looming runoff elections in Georgia to decide control of the Senate in the next Congress and the ongoing debate over base renaming directives could delay passage of the next defense policy bill. Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), who is retiring from Congress, said the leaders of the congressional defense committees have begun informal talks before the start of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference and have made…