Veto Threats

The White House this afternoon released a statement of administration policy on the House version of the fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill. The Obama administration threatens to veto the bill if it includes language regarding an extra engine in the F-35 program; impinges on the president's authority to implement the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and set nuclear weapons policy; or "recharacterizes" the administration's scope on detainee matters.

Read the full statement.