{"id":36051,"date":"2018-06-18T21:09:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T21:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/18\/house-appropriators-add-lcs-jstars-funding-irking-white-house\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:55:20","slug":"house-appropriators-add-lcs-jstars-funding-irking-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/06\/18\/house-appropriators-add-lcs-jstars-funding-irking-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"House appropriators add LCS, JSTARS funding, irking White House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The White House is tsk tsk-ing House appropriators for an annual spending bill that adds more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/06\/11\/us-senate-set-to-attack-defense-bill-amendments\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">littoral combat ship<\/a> and Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System funding than requested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration otherwise supports the $675 billion 2019 defense appropriations bill, which is nearly $1 billion less than the administration\u2019s request. 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