Final defense bill drops Cyber Force study

Congress' annual defense policy bill doesn’t include a provision that would have required the Pentagon to commission an independent study on establishing a U.S. Cyber Force. The compromise measure, released late Wednesday night, omits an amendment to the Senate’s version of the massive legislation from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) that would have mandated the Defense

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