The chorus of voices calling for a fiscal year 2001 defense supplemental bill is growing louder. Yesterday, Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO), ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, said the military needs "an immediate supplemental" spending bill to keep operating and training. During a floor speech, Skelton said he recently visited military installations along the West Coast and came back "all the more convinced of the need for a supplemental appropriation now." During a hearing yesterday before the Senate...
