A key House lawmaker has introduced an omnibus spending package that includes a fiscal year 2013 defense spending bill agreed to by House and Senate defense appropriators, which would fund the military through September and grant the Pentagon authority to proceed with key elements of its weapons modernization program. Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced the bill today. It would appropriate $528.7 billion in base budget funding for the Defense Department and allow DOD to...
