Smith: Obama will veto defense authorization bill

By Jordana Mishory / October 21, 2015 at 2:34 PM
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee believes President Obama will stick to his threat to veto the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill -- and that lawmakers will not have the votes to override the White House. Speaking Wednesday in Washington at the Atlantic Council, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said Obama "has said from the very beginning that he would veto it, and it’s going to be vetoed." Though Smith acknowledged that the authorization bill has a...

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