House appropriations approves $675 billion defense bill

Published June 13, 2018 6:57pm ET



The Pentagon’s annual funding bill passed out of a House committee on Wednesday and will likely head toward a final vote on the chamber floor.

The $675 billion appropriations legislation, approved 48-4, would dramatically boost purchases of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 joint strike fighters and press ahead with a new aircraft program and ship buys opposed by the White House.

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