Thornberry continues to seek billions in jettisoned NDAA weapons spending

By Tony Bertuca / February 6, 2017 at 1:43 PM
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) is hopeful the Trump administration will soon send a supplemental spending package that will, among other things, support approximately $15 billion in proposed weapon buys cut from the final version of the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. Thornberry, who spoke to reporters Monday on Capitol Hill, said there was "no reason in the world" Congress should wait until the April 28 expiration of an ongoing continuing resolution to pass a...

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