Obama Signs $680 Billion Military Bill, Victory Over Lobbyists

Obama Signs $680 Billion Military Bill, Victory Over Lobbyists

When the Obama administration proposed canceling a host of expensive weapons systems last spring, some of the military industry's allies in Congress assumed, as they had in the past, that they would have the final say.

But as the president signed a $680 billion military policy bill on Wednesday, it was clear that he had succeeded in paring back nearly all of the programs and setting a tone of greater restraint than the Pentagon had seen in many years.

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