Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today threatened to "join other senior advisers to the President" in recommending a veto of the defense authorization bill now before Congress if the House and Senate Armed Services Committees do not reverse their positions on some key issues, including proposed changes to the base realignment and closure law and military and civilian benefits and pay. Rumsfeld's so-called "heartburn appeal" to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) was sent today. In the letter, Rumsfeld...
