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Panelists selected, now work on renaming military sites honoring Confederate leaders will begin
Defense Department officials and congressional leaders on Friday named the eight-person panel charged with reviewing and replacing the names.
Timing on defense bill veto could cause problems for Congress, military
President Donald Trump has vowed to block the $740.5 defense authorization bill despite bipartisan support for the measure.
Defying Trump, House approves defense bill with veto-proof majority
The House defied a veto threat from President Donald Trump on Tuesday and approved a $740.5 billion defense policy bill that Trump opposes because it doesn’t repeal a prized liability shield for social media firms.
By Joe Gould
Trump veto will hurt troops and families, Republican and Democratic leaders warn
The House and Senate are set to vote on the massive annual defense authorization bill this week.
Trump’s latest veto threat over defense bill takes aim at Republican ally
President Trump has doubled down on his threat to veto the annual defense policy bill with a pair of late-night tweets that called out the Republican Senate Armed Services Committee chairman.
Sanctioning Turkey over the S-400 would be mandatory in new defense bill
The NDAA would mandates sanctions on Turkey for its acquisition of the S-400 air missile defense system.
By Joe Gould
Fate of sweeping military personnel policies, family support plans rests on Trump’s veto threat
The president has threatened to veto the $740.5 billion defense authorization bill, which could jeopardize hundreds of planned military reforms.
Military pay raise safe from Trump’s veto threat, but troops’ bonuses could be in trouble
Service members will see a pay raise of 3 percent in 2021 regardless of what Trump does with the defense bill.
Vietnam veterans with bladder cancer, other serious illnesses would get presumptive benefit status in final defense budget bill
Hypertension, bladder cancer, Parkinsonism or hypothyroidism would all be included as presumed conditions caused by Agent Orange exposure under the plan.
Congress advances defense bill, bucking Trump’s veto threats
Congress is moving ahead with its annual defense policy bill without repealing a prized legal shield for social media companies, testing President Trump’s threat to veto the bill.
By Joe Gould
Defense bill snagged in Trump’s war on social media protections
President Donald Trump has again threatened to veto this year’s defense policy bill, this time over the tech industry’s prized liability shield.
By Joe Gould