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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (719189)6/3/2013 2:50:50 PM
From: tejek1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 1578804
 
This is all R pols are good for..........spending on defense.

House panel boosts war spending in Defense bill

By Jeremy Herb

The House Armed Services panel's Defense authorization bill would hike Pentagon spending by $5 billion.

The increase would be used for spending on the Afghanistan war. It is intended to make up for cuts to training and maintenance that have occurred over the last year due to sequestration.

The legislation offered by Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) includes $85.8 billion in war spending, an increase of $5.1 billion from the Pentagon’s 2014 budget request. In the bill released Monday, $4.5 billion of the additional funds go toward readiness accounts that pay for things like Air Force pilot training and Navy maintenance.

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thehill.com
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