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Article: Conferees Complete FY '03 Defense Authorization Bill.
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- Helicopter News
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- November 19, 2002
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By Kerry Gildea
Finally wrapping up work on the FY '03 defense authorization bill, congressional defense authorization conferees, meeting in a lame duck session, reached compromise on a number of areas and moved the bill for final passage.
The House passed the final version of the bill and conference report in a voice vote earlier this month.
The Senate was expected to pass the bill soon after the House.
"The events following September 11, 2001, have once again shown that the U.S. military is the most capable fighting force in the world," Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) told reporters. "The conferees have ...