Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks with Senator Patty Murray and Sentaor Susan Collins at the conclusion of testimony at the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on May 16, 2023. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
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The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) has advanced its $852.2 billion fiscal year 2025 defense appropriations bill, which works around the debt limit deal’s one percent spending cap and adds nearly $21 billion in “emergency spending.”
Senate appropriators,…