Tester takes helm of Senate’s defense money panel

Moderate Montana Democrat Jon Tester catapulted on Friday to the chairmanship of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.

The bulky, soft-spoken former music teacher and farmer, who is instantly recognizable for his flat-top haircut, will now chair the panel that controls more than half the federal government’s discretionary budget.

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