President Obama would veto the House version of the 2015 defense-spending bill should it arrive on his desk as is, the White House announced May 19. The administration specifically cited sharp disagreements with House provisions that fail to address compensation reform and other cost savings, force-structure changes, plans for keeping detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, retirement of weapons systems such as the Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, base realignment and closure (BRAC), retention of missile silos deemed no longer necessary, and several other issues. “If the bill presented to the president impedes the ability of the administration to properly direct scarce resources for our military, or continues unwarranted restrictions regarding detainees, the president’s senior advisors would recommend … that he veto the bill,” the White House said.