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Thornberry To Push For $750 Billion NDAA Topline At Wednesday’s HASC Markup

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, June 11th, 2019

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Thornberry To Push For $750 Billion NDAA Topline At Wednesday’s HASC Markup

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), House Armed Services Committee ranking member

The ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee is looking to increase the topline of the next defense policy bill to $750 billion, with plans to introduce an amendment for an additional $17 billion in funding when his panel meets Wednesday to consider the proposal. Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) told reporters Tuesday the chairman’s $733 billion fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act proposal falls short of requested funding levels, including for nuclear deterrence modernization and personnel items, and…

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