Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. In an 8415 vote the Senate Passed a sweeping new Defense Budget which now awaits president obamas signature. The bill gives the pentagon more than 552 billion to cover standard military expenditures and almost 81 billion to pay forward in afghanistan and cracks down on rape and Sexual Assault in the military tripping them to overturn convictions and loosens restrictions at Guantanamo Bay making it easy for them to transfer prisoners out of the facility. The National Defense authorization act is the First Defense bill to overhall the way Sexual Assault cases are handled in the armed services. The 30 Sexual Assault provisions were spearheaded by senate women in response to what the pentagon called an epidemic. Legislation means that victims must be provided with legal counsel. It eliminates the statute of limitations for courts marshall in sexual as assault and dishonorable discharge for any person convicted of Sexual Assau
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