House and Senate defense policy bills head to conference with major differences

By Tony Bertuca / June 16, 2016 at 8:00 AM
House and Senate lawmakers are in the early stages of considering how to best reconcile dueling defense policy bills with significant differences, including an $18 billion delta in how much the Pentagon would be authorized to spend in fiscal year 2017, and a host of acquisition reform measures that could significantly impact the defense industry. For Todd Harrison, a defense budget analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the stark difference between the budgetary toplines in each bill...

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