White House Threatens To Veto Defense Bill Senate Is Debating

White House Threatens To Veto Defense Bill Senate Is Debating

The White House threatened yesterday to veto the Pentagon policy bill before the Senate, citing multiple qualms with it including proposals to stop the retirement of aircraft and block funding for an international missile-defense program.

Meanwhile, the Senate took steps yesterday, during its second day debating the lengthy fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill, that put it at odds with the House on the hot-button topics of a potential East Coast missile-defense site and Pentagon alternative-energy development. Read full story here…
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