Every December it seems like I report that defense appropriations legislation remains incomplete more than two months after the beginning of the new fiscal year.
This year was no different.The defense appropriations legislation was tied up in the middle of negotiations between the House and Senate until Dec. 13th, when a compromise agreement was passed and sent to the president for signature.The compromise resulted in an enormous omnibus funding bill that will fund the government until Sept. 30th 2015.However, nothing with Congress is ever easy and clean. The omnibus bill funds all of the...