Senate Passes Billion Dollar Defense Bill

to the white house– the president obama plans to veto it. the white house has a number of oppositions to the six-hundred and two billion dollar defense policy bill. including it’s ban on closing guantanamo bay– and limiting the size of the president’s national security council staff. but senator tim kaine– a member of the senate armed services committee– supported the legislation today. citing wins for virginia– through funding to maintain the state’s carrier fleet. 5:23 there’s strong provisions with respect to ship building platforms generally. the virginia class submarine program which is also built at the ship yard that is in a strong position in this years ndaa which is good news for the nation’s defense, good news for hampton roads, and the spectacular shop yard workers who build these subs 5:43 during committee debate– senator kaine offered an amendment that would create a commission to study the challenged areas in the department of defense. his amendment wasn’t adopted. turning now to weather — it was a