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House draft of $610B defense bill boosts Cyber Command

By Jacqueline Klimas
Published April 22, 2016 6:00pm ET
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House draft of $610B defense bill boosts Cyber Command
Mac Thornberry's draft of the bill is far from final, and will still be edited through amendments from other House lawmakers, as well as a conference to reconcile it with whatever version of the bill the Senate passes. (AP Photo)

Rep. Mac Thornberry’s draft of the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill will make major changes to the military’s organizational structure, including elevating the stature of U.S. Cyber Command in the military structure.

The reforms are part of the wide-ranging updates to the 30-year-old Goldwater-Nichols law that the Texas Republican has been promising for months.

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