Senate passes defense bill that includes troop pay raise
CAPITOL HILL (AP) - The Senate has passed a revised defense
policy bill authorizing a 3.5 percent pay raise for troops.
The 91-3 vote sends the 696 billion dollar measure to President
Bush for his expected signature.
The president had rejected an earlier version of the bill
because of a provision that would have guaranteed that victims of
state-sponsored abuse can sue foreign governments in court and
collect judgments by seizing its assets inside the United States.
Bush said that would have exposed Iraq to high-dollar lawsuits
at a time when it's struggling to rebuild its infrastructure.
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