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The Pentagon got $17 billion more than it asked for.
Merry Christmas, baby ...
The US Senate unanimously passed the Pentagon's 2013 budget, despite a political impasse over debt reduction that could see huge cuts to military spending next year.
After months of negotiations, lawmakers voted 98-0 to approve the $631 billion National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which began on October 1.
Obama had sought $614 billion, of which $89 billion would go to the war in Afghanistan.
But the Senate hiked the total figure by $17 billion, even as lawmakers and the president grapple with how to avoid hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts that kick in next month if no deficit reduction deal is reached.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-2013-ndaa-defense-bill-was-approved-2012-12#ixzz2ED1Ql1Cc
Merry Christmas, baby ...
The US Senate unanimously passed the Pentagon's 2013 budget, despite a political impasse over debt reduction that could see huge cuts to military spending next year.
After months of negotiations, lawmakers voted 98-0 to approve the $631 billion National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which began on October 1.
Obama had sought $614 billion, of which $89 billion would go to the war in Afghanistan.
But the Senate hiked the total figure by $17 billion, even as lawmakers and the president grapple with how to avoid hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts that kick in next month if no deficit reduction deal is reached.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-2013-ndaa-defense-bill-was-approved-2012-12#ixzz2ED1Ql1Cc
