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Defense Watch

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, June 6th, 2011

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Rubber Stamp. The HAC-D approves its draft of the Pentagon budget during a June 7 closed session without making any changes. “The bill was forwarded without amendment,” the Congressional Record states about the subcommittee’s markup of the fiscal year 2012 defense appropriations bill. The full HAC will weigh the legislation June 14. The draft of the bill, as released by the HAC on June 6, calls for cutting President Barack Obama’s $539.5 billion defense request by $9 billion, to $530.5…

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