It is unclear when the Senate will take up the defense supplemental spending bill, according to Rodell Mollineau, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). "This work period for sure, but don't have an exact date," he said at press time (July 14). Defense Secretary Robert Gates is "disappointed" that Congress did not pass the bill before July 4, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said. The services "will now have to begin cash-flowing operating costs for war activities using...
