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Carter Slams 2017 NDAA For ‘Raid’ On War Funding, Will Recommend Veto

Carter Slams 2017 NDAA For ‘Raid’ On War Funding, Will Recommend Veto
Defense Secretary Ash Carter takes a moment to speak with Marines following a room clearing demonstration during a visit to Camp Pendleton Calif., Aug. 27, 2015. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will advocate that President Obama veto the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act if it contains provisions included by the congressional defense committees to “raid war funding” and reorganize the Pentagon’s weapon-buying bureaucracy.Topping Carter’s list of concerns with the NDAA as written is a proposal by the House Armed Services Committee that would redirect $18 billion from the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) fund to pay for items not covered in the Defense…

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