Article: HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE APPROVES FISCAL YEAR 2009 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL

The House Armed Services Committee issued the following news release:

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) announced that H.R. 5658, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, was reported favorably by the committee on a vote of 61 to 0.

H.R. 5658 authorizes $531.4 billion in budget authority for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DoE). The bill also authorizes $70 billion to support ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan during fiscal year 2009.

In a statement released after the committee's approval of the defense authorization bill, Skelton discussed some of the measure's most ...

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