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Defense Bill Crawls In Senate, X-Band Amendment Passes While MDA Boost Fails

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Friday, September 12th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford The Senate appears to have missed the majority leader's goal of passing the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization bill this week, with debate stalled yesterday after scant action Wednesday, when just a handful of amendments were considered. A successful amendment calls for authorizing $89 million for a X-band radar for an unnamed foreign country, presumably Israel. Senators are expected to be busy today with a so-called energy summit, followed by extensive debate next week on energy and…

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