The White House opposes language in the House Armed Services Committee's fiscal year 2015 defense authorization bill that would give the Army and Air National Guard Bureau chiefs the authority to choose directors and deputy directors, according to a May 19 statement of administration policy. Reps. Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam) and Steven Palazzo (R-MS) submitted an amendment to the bill that passed the House Armed Services Committee this month that would give the Guard Bureau chiefs such authority but requires that...
