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House Passes Defense Spending Bill, Rejects Effort To Cut Off NSA Surveillance Program -- FOX News
The House of Representatives passed a $598.3 billion defense spending bill Wednesday, while rejecting an amendment to the bill that would have challenged the National Security Agency’s collection of millions of Americans’ phone records, in a debate that clashed privacy rights against the fight to thwart terror.
The defense spending bill passed 315 to 109. The amendment was voted down 217-205 on an issue that created unusual political coalitions in Washington, with libertarian-leaning conservatives and liberal Democrats pressing for the change against the Obama administration, the Republican establishment and Congress' national security experts.
94 Republicans and 111 Democrats voted for the amendment, while 134 Republicans and 83 Democrats voted no.
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House rejects bid to curb spy agency data collection -- Reuters
House narrowly rejects effort to halt NSA program -- AP
Intelligence chairman: Snowden upsets secrecy balance -- USA Today
China, Indonesia lead sources of online attacks: study -- Space Daily/AFP
Japan to mull pre-emptive strike ability in defense update -- Reuters
China's Type 32 class submarine -- Information Dissemination
Asia Drives Global Submarine Sales -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
Source: India Considers Buying More Boeing Apaches -- Defense News
U.A.E. buys French spy satellites in $913M deal -- Space Daily/UPI
EU mulls defense in age of austerity -- UPI
The Future of Britain's Nuclear Deterrent -- Frank Klotz, National Interest
Cost to repair Canada's HMCS Corner Brook still unknown two years after accident -- Ottawa Citizen
The Risky Missile Systems That Syria’s Rebels Believe They Need -- New York Times
Did Ministry of Defence fail to protect Territorial Army soldiers' human rights when they died on exercise? Coroner launches probe into SAS selection deaths -- Daily Mail
U.S. halts delivery of F-16s to Egypt -- Washington Post
U.S. Asian Allies Raise Regional Stakes With Military Spending -- Aviation Week
Lawmakers Call for Asia-Pacific ‘Rebalance’ Review -- DoD Buzz
Mine warfare ship to be deployed to Great Barrier Reef to hunt bombs dropped by US Marine Harriers -- Perth Now
U.S. warship returns to sea after generator issues -- Reuters
Navy To GAO On LCS Report: Nuts! Mostly. -- Breaking Defense
Navy's top officer talks challenges in 'State of the Navy' -- Military Times
US Navy Comsat Launches - Will International Partners Join? -- Defense News
Amid Failures, US Missile Defense Goes Global -- Defense News
B-1 squadron demonstrates anti-ship missile -- Rapid City Journal
Navy says sex at root of more than a third of its court cases -- CNN
In Bradley Manning case, Judge Lind prefers to keep low profile but ruling may have big impact -- Washington Post
Statue of Korean War horse Reckless to be unveiled at Marine museum in Virginia -- FOX News
Why Iraq Was America's Best-Run War: But that doesn't make it a model. -- John Arquilla, Foreign Policy
X-47B—The Future of War at Sea? -- James Holmes, National Journal
The Biggest Threat To National Security Is The Thumb Drive -- Geoffrey Ingersoll, Business Insider
The U.S. Might Be Buying Weapons With Enemy Access Built In -- John Reed, Killer Apps/Foreign Policy
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