The House Appropriations Committee added $772 million to the Missile Defense Agency's fiscal year 2018 spending bill, directing $558 million of the proposed increase -- more than 70 percent -- to Israeli programs. The House panel, in its mark of the FY-18 defense appropriations bill, made adjustments to two dozen MDA budget line items, adding a total of $1 billion while cutting $282 million, for a net increase of about 10 percent compared to the agency's $7.9 billion request. Lawmakers...
