Budget & Policy

House Passes FY’16 Defense Authorization Act

By Photo of Brian Bradley

Kenneth Fletcher
NS&D Monitor
5/15/2015
In the face of a White House veto threat over concerns including nuclear policy provisions, the House late this week passed its version of the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act in a vote of 269 to…

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At Oak Ridge

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At Savannah River

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