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U.S. lawmakers to trim defense bill, won't change Guantanamo rules
Source: Reuters
Politics | Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:01pm EDT
U.S. lawmakers to trim defense bill, won't change Guantanamo rules
WASHINGTON | BY PATRICIA ZENGERLE
U.S. lawmakers will trim a sweeping defense policy bill to comply with a budget deal with the White House, but will not change language in the measure restricting efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said on Wednesday.
Republican U.S. Representative Mac Thornberry said he did not yet know exactly how the $612 billion National Defense Authorization Act would be trimmed to accommodate $5 billion in military spending cuts in the budget accord.
Lawmakers are due to begin voting on the deal later on Wednesday.
"It will be a $5 billion reduction in the spending that is authorized... I will vote for the budget agreement, but I don't want anybody to think that this repairs the damage that has been inflicted on the military sequestration and cuts over the last four years," he told reporters.
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U.S. lawmakers to trim defense bill, won't change Guantanamo rules
WASHINGTON | BY PATRICIA ZENGERLE
U.S. lawmakers will trim a sweeping defense policy bill to comply with a budget deal with the White House, but will not change language in the measure restricting efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said on Wednesday.
Republican U.S. Representative Mac Thornberry said he did not yet know exactly how the $612 billion National Defense Authorization Act would be trimmed to accommodate $5 billion in military spending cuts in the budget accord.
Lawmakers are due to begin voting on the deal later on Wednesday.
"It will be a $5 billion reduction in the spending that is authorized... I will vote for the budget agreement, but I don't want anybody to think that this repairs the damage that has been inflicted on the military sequestration and cuts over the last four years," he told reporters.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/28/us-usa-fiscal-defense-idUSKCN0SM2G120151028
