OMB pushes back on Senate authorizers' B-21, space launch provisions

By Courtney Albon / June 8, 2016 at 12:27 PM
The White House budget office this week released a sweeping rejection of several provisions in Senate authorizers' fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill, including those that would place additional cost oversight on the B-21 bomber program, restrict the Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program and call for broader use of enlisted pilots in the remotely piloted vehicle enterprise. The 21-page statement of administration policy recommends that President Obama veto the Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the bill should...

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