Bill walls off funds for military growth, amphib vehicle programs pending broad DOD review

By Tony Bertuca / June 8, 2018 at 5:00 AM
Under new Senate legislation, the Pentagon would be blocked from spending money to grow the size of the military in fiscal year 2019 or to develop a new amphibious assault vehicle before first handing over the results of a massive military review . The Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the FY-19 defense authorization bill requires the Defense Department to submit a broad "roles and missions" report by February assessing a host of key military activities, acquisition programs and planned...

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