The U.S. House of Representatives defied a veto threat from President Barack Obama on Friday and approved a $612 billion defense policy bill.
The vote was 269 to 151 for the legislation, a blueprint for next year's spending on military and other national security programs, the Associated Press reported.
The bill calls, among other things, for arming Ukrainian forces fighting Russian-backed separatists, a move the Obama administration has so far resisted.
Overall, the House bill authorizes $515 billion for national defense and another $89.2 billion for the emergency war-fighting fund for a total of $604.2 billion. Another $7.7 billion is mandatory defense spending that doesn't get authorized by Congress.
The Senate version follows the same approach as the House to funding the military. The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 22-4 on Thursday to authorize $523 billion in base funding for the Defense Department and other national security programs and an additional $90.2 billion for the emergency war-fighting fund.
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The vote was 269 to 151 for the legislation, a blueprint for next year's spending on military and other national security programs, the Associated Press reported.
The bill calls, among other things, for arming Ukrainian forces fighting Russian-backed separatists, a move the Obama administration has so far resisted.
Overall, the House bill authorizes $515 billion for national defense and another $89.2 billion for the emergency war-fighting fund for a total of $604.2 billion. Another $7.7 billion is mandatory defense spending that doesn't get authorized by Congress.
The Senate version follows the same approach as the House to funding the military. The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 22-4 on Thursday to authorize $523 billion in base funding for the Defense Department and other national security programs and an additional $90.2 billion for the emergency war-fighting fund.
[www.unian.info]
15/5/15
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ReplyDeleteDes armes antichars, des mortiers, des lance-grenades, et des armes d'infanterie pourraient prochainement être livrés à l’Ukraine.
Le Sénat US a adopté une loi sur les dépenses de défense pour l'année financière 2016 ayant débuté le 1er octobre. Le document comprend des dispositions sur l'attribution d'une aide militaire à l'Ukraine.
Près de 70 sénateurs ont voté pour l'adoption de la loi, tandis que 27 se sont prononcés contre. Le document adopté stipule que près de 612 milliards de dollars seront affectés aux objectifs militaires des Etats-Unis.
Auparavant, la Chambre des représentants avait déjà approuvé le document en question. Suite à l'adoption par le Sénat, la loi devra être promulguée par le président US afin d'entrer en vigueur.
La loi autorise le secrétaire américain à la Défense Ashton Carter à utiliser, avec l'aval du secrétaire d'Etat John Kerry, 300 millions de dollars afin d'accorder "une aide appropriée dans le domaine de la sécurité et du renseignement" à Kiev. Il s'agit plus précisément du transfert de données secrètes à Kiev ainsi que de livraisons d'armes antichars, de mortiers, de lance-grenades, et d'armes d'infanterie, entre autre...............http://sptnkne.ws/Smu
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