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Article: Defense Spending Bill Passes House
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- May 10, 2002
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ The battle over a new artillery system the Pentagon
doesn't want moved to the Senate when the House, mindful of the Bush
administration's war on terrorism, endorsed the most generous defense
spending boost in decades.
The House vote early Friday was 359-58 to authorize $383 billion in
national security spending for 2003.
The legislation contains $475 million for the Army to continue developing
the $11 billion Crusader cannon and nonbinding language telling the
Pentagon not to kill it before producing a study on the alternatives.
Across Capitol Hill, the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday
completed its behind-closed-doors ...