Mattis 'very comfortable' with House, Senate defense bills
By: Aaron Mehta, July 14, 2017
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said he is “very comfortable” with the priorities forming the backbones of both the House and Senate defense bills, despite some outstanding issues.
“I’m confident, based on the questions I went through with both the House and the Senate, and with Republicans and Democrats in both houses, that they all recognize we need to rebuild the military,” Mattis told reporters Friday.
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