House appropriators add LCS, JSTARS funding, irking White House

Defense News: The White House is tsk tsk-ing House appropriators for an annual spending bill that adds more littoral combat ship and Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System funding than requested.

The administration otherwise supports the $675 billion 2019 defense appropriations bill, which is nearly $1 billion less than the administration’s request. The bill comes on the heels of a two-year bipartisan budget deal that set overall national security spending at $716 billion.

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