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White House Opposes House Defense Spending Bill For Multi-Year Munitions Cut, Divisive GOP Policies

White House Opposes House Defense Spending Bill For Multi-Year Munitions Cut, Divisive GOP Policies
A senior airman from the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit loosens a strap, on an AMRAAM during Exercise Combat Archer at Eglin AFB, Fla. on June 10, 2020 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Biden administration has said it “strongly opposes” the House’s fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill for not fully supporting multi-year munitions procurement requests and its inclusion of divisive GOP-led policy proposals. The White House’s statement of administration policy, which includes threatening to veto the bill as it stands, arrives as the House is set to consider the $826.5 billion defense appropriations legislation this week. While the administration notes it “strongly supports” the bill’s inclusion of multi-year procurement (MYP) funding…

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