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Mac Thornberry’s proposal could result in positive reforms to the defense acquisition process that earlier efforts have failed to achieve.

The recent 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 has caused me to reflect on the two years (2007-08) that I worked as a field-level civilian - Ronald Enzweiler for Antiwar.com Original

On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, President Obama quietly signed into law one of the biggest defense reform bills in decades. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (NDAA) establishes budgets and policies for the U.S. military.[1] While many in the military have followed this bill closely, most Americans do not realize the important changes the bill makes.

Providing for the common defense and allocating taxpayers’ dollars are the two most important tasks that rest on Congress.

U.S. House overrides Trump's veto of defense bill Source: Xinhua| Editor: huaxia Video PlayerClose Photo taken on Dec. 28, 2020 shows the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States. The U.S. House on Monday voted to override President Donald Trump's veto of an annual defense bill, which initially passed both the House and the Senate with veto-proof majorities. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua) WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House on Monday voted to override President Donald Trump's veto of an annual defense bill, which initially passed both the House and the Senate wit...