Key armed services Democrat locked in recount drama

Defense News: A week after midterm elections, another key Democratic voice on the Senate Armed Services committee still hangs in the balance, with significant ramifications for defense policy.

On Tuesday, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and the Senate Armed Services Committee’s No. 2 Democrat, was urging the ongoing machine recount in Florida to proceed as he trailed his GOP opponent Florida Gov. Rick Scott by some 12,000 votes.

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