Senate committee narrowly defeats proposal to create U.S. Cyber Force as new military branch
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Martin Matishak
18d ago· 4 min readenNews
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A Senate Armed Services Committee amendment by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to establish a U.S. Cyber Force as a new military branch was narrowly defeated 14-13 during closed-door markup of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act. The proposal, which would have created a digital-focused service branch, received support from nine Democrats and four Republicans but fell short by a single vote in the committee.
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· 3 pulledA proposal to the Senate's annual defense policy bill that would have established a U.S. Cyber Force as the country's latest military branch was narrowly defeated this week, according to multiple congressional sources.
An amendment by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to the chamber's fiscal 2027 national defense authorization bill that would have created the digital-focused service was defeated 14-13 when the Senate Armed Services Committee took up the nearly $1.2 trillion legislation behind closed doors this week.
Nine Democrats and four Republicans voted in favor of the amendment, these so
An amendment by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to the chamber’s fiscal 2027 national defense authorization bill that would have created the digital-focused service was defeated 14-13 when the Senate Armed Services Committee took up the nearly $1.2 trillio
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