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Article: HOUSE APPROVES FY09 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 22, 2008
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The House Armed Services Committee issued the following news release:
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 5658, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, by a vote of 384 to 23. "I want to thank my House colleagues for their bipartisan support of the defense authorization bill. This bill takes care of our nation's defense priorities by restoring military readiness, providing our forces with the means to protect the American people, and demonstrating our commitment to service members and their families.
"U.S. military readiness has been sorely tested by more than ...