The World - News from June 16, 1988
The Senate voted $8.7 billion for construction at military bases in the United States and around the world and urged North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies and South Korea to assume a greater share of defense costs. The Senate cut military construction funds for Clark Air Base in the Philippines from the Administration’s request of $33 million to $7 million and killed any additional housing due to the uncertainty over future base rights there. The money bill for fiscal 1989 was approved 93 to 2 and sent to conference with the House, which has passed a $9-billion measure.
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