House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) wants to meet with his Senate counterparts to discuss as many items as possible in their respective fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bills, while leaving the biggest impediment -- an $18 billion gap between the bills -- on hold until September. "We will conference as many items as we can over the next several weeks, understanding that when we come back in September, we're going to have to deal with this topline...
