House passes $638 billion defense authorization bill

The House approved Friday a $638 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2014  in a 315 to 108 vote. The House authorized $552.1 billion in overall spending for base national defense and an additional $85.8 billion in overseas contingency operations. The fiscal 2014 NDAA (H.R. 1960) is consistent with the House passed budget which took [...]