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Less Procurement Funds, More Oversight In SASC’s Defense Bill

Valerie Insinna

Friday, May 13th, 2016

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Less Procurement Funds, More Oversight In SASC’s Defense Bill

A pilot from of 1st Squadron, 229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., flies the new AH-64E Apache Longbow Photo: U.S. Army

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