The U.S. Senate voted 93-7 to pass a giant defense bill that includes a new policy for detaining and trying suspected al Qaeda terrorists -- a policy that may draw a presidential veto.
In keeping with budget cuts across the government, the $662 billion bill shrinks Pentagon spending by $43 billion from last year. It includes funding for the wars that are winding down in Iraq and Afghanistan and sets policies for the weapons systems and personnel programs at the Defense Department.
After years of struggling with issues of who should investigate, detain and try suspected terrorists -- civilian authorities and courts or the military and its tribunal system -- Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin and ranking Republican John McCain reached a compromise.
The measure still needs to go to conference for reconciliation with the House version of the bill.
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