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POLITICIZE DEFENSE? NEVER! There has been a highly political battle on Capitol Hill — actually, that's the only kind of battle they have on Capitol Hill — over defense policy and spending. The fight has been on two fronts: 1) passage of the yearly National Defense Authorization Act, which sets military spending levels, and 2) a Republican senator's decision to block Senate confirmation of military promotions until the Biden Pentagon changes its policy on abortion.

Other medical procedures that wasnt available, well, the d.o.d. is now not going to be able to transport her to pay for her travel out of iraq to get that piece of basic medical care. what message does that send to our troops? what message does that send to americans, who are trying to recruit? we have a recruiting crisis. this is a terrible policy and the bipartisan bill that we passed out of committee, it no longer exists. its become a political talking point for the republicans. >> well, you ...

Partisan vote? >> reporter: well, fredericka, that was bumpy road in the how is this week. thats because republicans insisted on including a number of controversial amendments to the defense policy package that turned whats normally a bipart defense bill into a hotbed for culture war issues. some of the amendments that republicans insisted be added to this bill included reversi longstanding abortion access policy at the d.o.d., eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs and personnel, ...

And can help prove, mid speaker mccarthy said quote to democrats stop using taxpayer money to do their own wokeism. that goes a lot of what we heard from lawmakers. take a listen to what some have said yesterday and this morning over this contentious bill. >> republicans have decided that they will politicize the military, use our troops as pawns and ultimately put forward a bill that does not support our troops. >> taxpayer money is provided to the d.o.d. and intended to provide for our nationa...

For seniors at $35 a month. gave medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices. and prices are already starting to go down. the out-of-pocket cost is dropping for 27 drugs. [narrator] learn how the inflation reduction act will save you money. thats a beautiful, life live picture of sunrise over the united states capitol at 6:22 in the morning. the republican-controlled house voted last night to include dozens of controversial amendments to the national defense authorization bi...

Institutions, including the fbi. but not limited to the fbi. the d.o.d., the doj, dhs, centers for disease control. all under attack. what is the goal? the goal is to see the american mind with such distrust in our government and institutions that they want to trust only the people who are making stuff up. and what we saw today was making stuff up. stuff about hunter biden that is actually been discounted in terms of the text that was read by matt to gets. and then trying to get the fbi director...

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., who will replace Milley, downplayed an August 2022 memo setting applicant pool goals by race.

Jennifer griffin. thank you. >> dana: theyre surprised about it. there are 45 co-sponsors for this bill. that gets lost a little bit in the situation. d.o.d. is extremely frustrated. deputy press secretary said this. >> we look at 89% of all general and five officer positions that could be vacant and require senate confirmation and facing rising challenges from around the world. the longer the holds remain, the greater risk the department runs in experiencing knowledge and expertise gaps in cert...

Law enforcement official said to be -- says since it was found in a high-traffic area, the culprit may never be identified. one republican lawmaker demanding answers on that. griff jenkins has the story that seems to shift by the day. griff, good morning. >> it does, bill. good morning. it has been five days since the bag of cocaine was found. still no suspect or suspects have been identified and you are right, were not likely to get any new details until next week. were learning more about the ...

The destroyed chemical weapons stockpile was once more than 30,000 tons.