Panetta Makes Last Push To Sway Defense Authorization Conferees

By Christopher J. Castelli / December 12, 2012 at 4:47 PM
As House and Senate conferees near an agreement on the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is making a final push to advocate changes the White House proposed earlier this year for both chambers' versions of the legislation. In a Dec. 11 letter to the House and Senate Armed Services committees, Panetta says the House and Senate bills include provisions that would divert $8 billion in FY-13 and $74 billion over the next decade to "unnecessary...

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