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Senate votes for $10 million to help identify troop remains from North Korea

By Travis J. Tritten

Published August 20, 2018 11:31pm ET

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Senate votes for $10 million to help identify troop remains from North Korea — Vice President Mike Pence, left, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Phil Davidson, center, and Rear Adm. Jon Kreitz, deputy director of the POW/MIA Accounting Agency, attend at a ceremony marking the arrival of the remains believed to be of American service members who fell in the Korean War. | (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Senate voted on Monday to give the Pentagon an additional $10 million to help identify remains of U.S. troops turned over by North Korea earlier this month.

The measure was added to an annual defense appropriations bill by a 85-0 vote and was sponsored by Sens. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. It was among the first amendments as the chamber considers a 2019 “minibus” spending bill this week.

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