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Flew quietly under the radar like an f-32 stealth bomber when it works. it authorized $740 billion for the defense department. $768 billion total. president biden submitted a $715 billion budget to congress for the defense department to which members of both parties said as if and just threw in $25 billion extra that they found under the couch cushions presumably. yeah, in a supposedly divided congress, they gave bipartisan support to spend more money on bombs and bullets, humvees and fighter je...

Im mehdi hasan. september was supposed to be the month in which congress passed hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending and guess what? the house did. by a vote of 316-113. now you might be scratching your head and saying didnt the bipartisan infrastructure bill fail to come to a vote on thursday night? isnt the budget reconciliation bill nowhere near ready for a vote? youre right on both counts. im not talking about those bills. im talking about a bill that flew quietly under the radar ...

Account specifically for afghanistan and restricting iran from aiding the taliban. now expect a lot of pushback from democrats and how much money will go to defense. the senate armed services committee added $25 billion to president bidens $715 billion proposal. on monday, though, 27 democrats sent a letter to the house armed services chairman requesting the ndaa not exceed the presidents offer. they are arguing that right now americas largest national security threat is actually a global pandem...

Amounts to the national defense authorization markup that is happening right now. this includes what equipment was left behind, creating a counter terrorism accounts, restricting iran from aiding the taliban and blocking the president and his administration from handing any taxpayer dollars to the taliban. this comes as general milley just said that it is "possible for the u.s. to work with the taliban against isis in afghanistan." republicans pushing back on legitimizing the taliban government....

>> that certainly is my expectation and my hope. i think we will be able to lay down the bill later today. and begin, perhaps, consideration of some amendments. my hope is that well finish the bill by the end of the week. >> and will it have at least 10 republican senators to vote for it? >> i believe that it will. this bill is good for america. >> and here with me now, the chairman of the house transportation and infrastructure committee, oregon democrat peter defauz ya. thank you so much for t...

Herself, i actually introduced a censure resolution earlier in the year after we saw that marjorie taylor greene had made a lot of calls for violence against elected lawmakers prior to coming to congress. and at that time minority leader mccarthy said that he didnt want to judge her on what she had done prior to congress, but rather what she was doing in congress. and i think its clear that her behavior has not only continued, but escalated since then. and for a lot of us, the last straw was whe...

Treated differently based on their skin color or? yes or no will do. >> no, i do not believe that. that is why we have diversity, equity, and inclusion focus in the military. >> bill: what else is being said about diversity policies? >> senator cotton is a former army infantry officer. he says the former navy seal and hand have received hundreds of letters of service members complaining about this woke military. >> one marine told us that a military history training session was replaced with man...

Mountain of drugs. the head of the australian police say the plan was hatched over a couple of years with members of the fbi in 2018. well-done. good work, international law enforcement. breaking on capitol hill today, a cold hard look at how our country will face the threats coming our way. china is hell bent on replacing us as the worlds super power. were being put to the test and the tests are getting bigger as we do forward. national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us live. hi,...

Tonight among many here in washington that bidens budget may not address the growing threat from china. on the high seas. national security correspondent jennifer griffin explains tonight from the pentagon. >> on any given day the u.s. navy has 100 ships deployed around the world. 1/3 of its current fleet. a navy that shrunk since the reagan build-up in the 1980s when the navy had nearly 600 warships. deployments have grown long and frequent. taxing both crew and equipment. thats why the new $71...

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