Senate approves $662 billion defense bill over veto threat

Ignoring a presidential veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a massive, $662 billion defense bill that would require the military to hold suspected terrorists linked to al-Qaeda or its affiliates, even those captured on U.S. soil.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=_Bs77-n_5bI:LOmPTzR_3_M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=_Bs77-n_5bI:LOmPTzR_3_M:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=_Bs77-n_5bI:LOmPTzR_3_M:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=_Bs77-n_5bI:LOmPTzR_3_M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=_Bs77-n_5bI:LOmPTzR_3_M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=_Bs77-n_5bI:LOmPTzR_3_M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dp-news-topstories/~4/_Bs77-n_5bI" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

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