The Senate Armed Services Committee, diverting from its House counterpart, has approved a fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill that matches the president's budget submission and does not alter the funding structure set by last year's congressional deal, according to a committee spokesman. There is an $18 billion delta between the bills passed by House and Senate defense authorizers, Dustin Walker, a spokesman for the Senate Armed Services Committee, told Inside Defense early Thursday afternoon. A full summary is expected...
