Senate Committee Says Gore's Defense Proposals Continue Clinton Policies

By Thomas Duffy / September 11, 2000 at 5:00 AM
If Vice President Al Gore wins the November presidential election, his administration will carry out national defense policy along the same lines as the Clinton administration has, the Republican staff of the Senate Budget Committee concludes in a recent analysis of Gore's defense policy. Gore's proposal for a $16 billion defense spending boost over the next six years amounts to a less-than-1 percent increase over current plans, according to the report. Committee Chairman Pete Domenici (R-NM) requested the analysis ,...

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