Defense bill advances amid long committee vote
The House Armed Services Committee approved a roughly 612 billion defense policy bill, with a 60 to 2 vote. It seeks to change retirement benefits and challenges Obama policies on Guantanamo Bay, Ukraine, and Iraq, reauthorizing a ban on transferring detainees to the United States or building detention facilities there. The panel worked into the early morning, adjourning at 4:39 a.m.
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Years-old pork served for lunch at Hawkins County schools
Hawkins County Tennessee district served frozen pork dated 2009 to 2011 to students on April 22. No illnesses reported. Director Steve Starnes said an inventory system update began last Friday and outdated frozen items were discarded. Commissioner Michael Herrell said a cafeteria worker raised safety concerns.
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House reaches deal to end NSA phone data collection
The House Judiciary Committee backed the USA Freedom Act 25 to 2 to end the NSA domestic call records program and allow limited access under court order. The measure would reauthorize Patriot Act surveillance provisions until June 1, while the Senate plans to extend them unchanged.
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