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White House Issues Veto Threat for Senate NDAA

Valerie Insinna

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

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White House Issues Veto Threat for Senate NDAA

The White House has come out against the Senate’s version of the 2017 defense authorization bill, opposing a number of provisions that would overhaul the acquisition process and rework the Pentagon’s organizational structure.The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Tuesday issued its statement of administration policy (SAP) just a day after the Senate began debate on the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (S.2943). The bill, according to OMB, would make it more difficult for the Defense Department to respond…

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