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Conservatives Train Fire on 'Land Grab' in Key Defense Bill
Top lawmakers on the House and Senate armed services committees previously faced a stalemate on the language of the defense authorization, specifically over employment benefits for the troops. However, a compromise bill emerged this week after Republicans and Democrats met behind closed doors.
Included in this year’s authorization is language to train and equip “moderate” Syrian rebels to combat ISIS, the brutal terrorist organization also known as the Islamic State. At President Obama’s request, Congress authorized funding to “degrade and destroy” ISIS in September as part of a short-term government spending measure that
expires Dec. 11.
However, what has upset critics are non-military provisions to:
- Add 250,000 acres of wilderness.
- Withdraw 400,000 acres designated for commercial use.
- Add 15 national parks or expansions and three designations for wild and scenic rivers.
- Commission 11 studies for potential national parks and wild and scenic rivers.
- Commission a study for a National Women’s History Museum on the National Mall.
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