Eight Lawmakers Allege MEADS Bridge Funding 'Circumvents' Law

By Sebastian Sprenger / February 20, 2013 at 4:21 PM
A bipartisan group of eight House lawmakers has alleged that a recent obligation of $25 million to continue work on the Medium Extended Air Defense System through March was meant to skirt a law prohibiting money to be spent on the program this year. "We are troubled that you are setting a precedent of using previously appropriated fiscal year 2012 funds as an attempt to circumvent the intent of the NDAA law," the lawmakers wrote to Defense Department Comptroller Robert...

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