Bush Signs $305-Billion Defense Bill
President Bush signed a $305-billion defense authorization bill Wednesday but said he is concerned that Congress is meddling in his role as overseer of foreign policy and national security.
Bush said he was signing the bill into law “notwithstanding the reservations that I have with certain of its provisions,” including congressional limits on deployment of military personnel overseas and efforts “to legislate foreign policy.”
The fiscal 1990 authorization, which also covers military construction and defense-related projects at the Energy Department, gives broad spending authority for a variety of projects.
One notable part of the law signed Wednesday reduces funding for research of the Strategic Defense Initiative, or “Star Wars.”
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