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Budget

White House Airs Concerns About Unrequested Procurement, LCS Cuts in Defense Spending Bill

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, June 18th, 2014

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The House of Representatives began considering the defense spending bill Wednesday afternoon after the White House expressed concerns about the bill the day before. Though the administration stopped short of threatening to veto the defense spending bill – it did threaten to veto the defense authorization bill over many of the same issues – it warned that “the risk to the nation will grow significantly should the Congress not accept reforms proposed in the [fiscal year] 2015 budget. Without congressional…

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Army

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