The President's News Conference
02/15/2000
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I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 1530, the 'National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996.'
By forcing such an unwarranted deployment decision now, the bill would waste tens of billions of dollars.
I remain very concerned about provisions that would restrict service women and female dependents of military personnel from obtaining privat...
The Congress should enact this authorization as soon as possible.