Senate Sends Massive $560 Billion NDAA to Obama's Desk

The US Senate on Friday passed, 89-11, a massive Defense Department policy bill, sending to President Barack Obama a bill crafted in secret that would clear the military to spend $559.2 billion in fiscal 2015. In a bipartisan vote, the chamber easily approved a compromise version of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that includes $495.5 billion in base funding and $63.7 billion in war funding. The House approved the same measure last week...more

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