Also Thursday , the Senate approved on a voice vote a Democratic amendment requiring President Barack Obama to develop a plan to expedite the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan , which is scheduled to be completed in 2014 . Defense authorization bill passes Senate in 93 - 7 vote . $ 662 billion bill shrinks military budget by $ 43 billion from last year . Compromise allows suspected al Qaeda terrorists to be held indefinitely by the government . However , an amendment specifically excludes U.S. citizens or legal residents .
Defense authorization bill passes Senate in 93 - 7 vote . $ 662 billion bill shrinks military budget by $ 43 billion from last year . Compromise allows suspected al Qaeda terrorists to be held indefinitely by the government . However , an amendment specifically excludes U.S. citizens or legal residents .