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Frelinghuysen Gets Defense Subcommittee Chair

By Kent Cooper
Posted November 13, 2013 at 1:41pm

House Appropriations chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., announced today that Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., will be the new chairman of the Defense subcommittee.

Frelinghuysen takes the chairmanship of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense after the passing of Rep. W.W. Bill Young, R-Fla.

For more background on lobbyists and defense-related companies and their PACs giving to Rep. Frelinghuysen view Political MoneyLine’s earlier posting, “Frelinghuysen In Line to Chair Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.”

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