Thornberry: Georgia Runoffs, Base Renaming Debate Could Delay NDAA’s Passage

摘要

The outgoing top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee said Tuesday thelooming runoff elections in Georgia to decide control of the Senate in the next Congress and theongoing debate over base renaming directives could delay passage of the next defense policybill.Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), who is retiring from Congress, said the leaders of thecongressional defense committees have begun informal talks before the start of the NationalDefense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference and have made progress on some of the majordifferences to be addressed.