The fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill has been passed, vetoed, modified, and now--after being passed by the Senate on Tuesday morning--it will once again head to President Barack Obama’s desk, where it will likely be signed into law.Besides authorizing $599 billion in funding, the bill also contains reforms to the weapons buying process and to the military retirement system. That sum, together with other parts of the budget, makes up a total $607 billion for national defense.The Senate’s 90-3…
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