The White House strongly objects to several provisions in the Senate's fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill, especially a section that would ban the Defense Department from doing business with Chinese telecommunications company ZTE, but the administration is not threatening to veto the legislation, according to a statement of administration policy from the Office of Management and Budget. The Trump administration's position that ZTE, which broke sanctions laws, should be fined $1.4 billion and forced to enact management changes --...
