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Pentagon says it’s glad that senators blocked $18 billion funding boost

By Jamie McIntyre
Published June 9, 2016 9:06pm ET
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Pentagon says it’s glad that senators blocked $18 billion funding boost
An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, sponsored by Sen. John McCain, would have added $18 billion to the Pentagon's overseas contingency operations budget. The measure was blocked Thursday on a non-party line vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) | J. Scott Applewhite

The Pentagon is cheering the Senate’s rejection of an $18 billion funding boost to its war-fighting account.

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Ash Carter Department of Defense (Department of War) Jamie McIntyre John McCain Lindsey Graham Minusextra NDAA Pentagon