Webb Announces Senate Approval of Key Defense Provisions Affecting Virginia

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Webb Announces Senate Approval of Key Defense Provisions Affecting Virginia

Today, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) announced that the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (S. 1390), reported out by the Senate Committee on Armed Services on June 26, contains important provisions for Virginia and the welfare of our men and women in uniform and their families.

Senator Webb said, "The Committee's markup resulted in a strong bipartisan defense bill that will support our troops and their families, as well as address each military department's modernization and recapitalization requirements for ground, air, and naval forces. We faced difficult choices in a number of areas where the administration sought to halt troubled acquisition programs and reorient others for the most likely national security threats facing the nation. I believe the bill reflects an appropriate and necessary balance."

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