Final defense policy bill nears completion

By Tony Bertuca / July 20, 2018 at 12:38 PM
The final version of Congress' fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill is nearly complete and will likely be released next week, possibly Monday, according to congressional sources. The "Big Four" House and Senate defense authorizers agreed last week that their conference committee would be able to quickly wrap up a compromise version of the bill. "I've felt for a long time there's never been a three-hour meeting that couldn't be done in an hour and a half," Sen...

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