Thornberry looking ahead to $5 billion budget cut, veto override

By Tony Bertuca / October 28, 2015 at 1:39 PM
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) supports the terms of the potential budget deal before Congress that would provide $5 billion less in national defense spending than requested by the Obama administration, but he wants it known that it won't be easy to find the savings. Thornberry said he is working now with colleagues in the Senate and on the appropriations committees to identify defense accounts where the $5 billion cut can be made. "I don't know where...

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