— The House is debating a $ 642 billion defense budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 that adds billions of dollars to President Barack Obama’s spending blueprint and rejects several of his proposals. The White House has threatened a veto. A look at some of the bill’s disputed provisions:
_Domestic base closings. The Pentagon is calling for another round of closings, but congressional Republicans and Democrats snubbed this proposal in an election year amid questions about the…
