A proposal to dramatically expand in law the national missile defense policy -- with a provision proposed in the House version of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill the Biden administration warned would be destabilizing, unaffordable and undoable -- was rolled back in the final version of the legislation. Instead, the FY-24 defense policy bill, passed by both chambers of Congress and currently awaiting the president’s signature, adopts a position that largely reflects a provision advanced by the Senate...
