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Heritage Foundation head defends think tank's Reaganite credentials on Ukraine aid

A top conservative think tank has become increasingly critical of Congress pushing through continued aid to Ukraine, as well as potentially tying it to disaster aid for Hawaii following the deadly wildfires.

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Raising Pay Can't Fix Military Recruiting, But It Would Help, Experts Say

Raising pay is one tool Congress should use as the military is struggling to fill the ranks with recruits who meet service standards.

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The Ingraham Angle

>> laura: time for seen and unseen segment. we expose the stories behind the headlines. for that we turn to fox news contributor raymond arroyo. all right, raymond, do you remember when joe biden said this? >> how do you think things are going at the border, sir? >> much better than you all expected. ha ha ha ha. >> laura: sort of gives you the, what? [laughter] >> i love how he is laughing. it makes you feel that he is on to something that you don't quite know, laura. it turns out we might be right. that democrat controlled senate passed the defense bill that requires the completion of the border wall. using materials rusting along the southern border since the trump administration. you'll remember, we showed our audience much of that from the sky. but, as the house considers the bill, the biden administration has been quietly selling off those raw materials at auction. talk about unseen.

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FOX and Friends

inherited around $260 million worth of border construction materials from the trump administration. they immediately put in storage on day one when joe biden said he wasn't going to build the wall. they have now paid $300 million to store it for two years, more than the cost of the material themselves. but as soon as senate republicans led by senator roger wicker, who is the leader of republicans on the armed services committee began poking around and asking questions about it earlier this year the administration began to sell these materials for less than 2 cents on the dollar. the legislation that you mentioned is senator wicker's legislation, which i was pleased to join. it was added unanimously by the democrats armed services committee to defense bill. now the administration is racing to try to sell off all of these materials because they would rather have taxpayers take a massive loss of hundreds of millions of dollars than give them to the governor of texas, for instance, to build the border wall or to allow them be sitting around and used to build a border wall when republicans

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Andrea Mitchell Reports

the legislation forward. >> of course, the mdaa, which is always a must pass bill with strong bipartisan support, is this year and probably held up by one senator and the objections. senator tuberville's objections, which is holding up military promotions as well. this is now part of the mix. you needed to get this on the defense bill. >> we want any vehicle to get it passed. the ndaa is one that we believe it has a great chance because it is a must pass. whatever the vehicle is, we will not stop fighting in order to pass the bill. we as americans, we as service members, as the united states, have a debt of honor and a moral responsibility to make sure that those who have fought alongside us, those that are put in danger because of that, them and their family members are able to stay here in the united states. >> if i may get personal and ask

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The Ingraham Angle

>> laura: time for seen and unseen segment. we expose the stories behind the headlines. for that we turn to fox news contributor raymond arroyo. all right, raymond, do you remember when joe biden said this? >> how do you think things are going at the border, sir? >> much better than you all expected. ha ha ha ha. >> laura: sort of gives you the, what? [laughter] >> i love how he is laughing. it makes you feel that he is on to something that you don't quite know, laura. it turns out we might be right. that democrat controlled senate passed the defense bill that requires the completion of the border wall. using materials rusting along the southern border since the trump administration. you'll remember, we showed our audience much of that from the sky. but, as the house considers the bill, the biden administration has been quietly selling off those raw materials at auction. talk about unseen.

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LANKFORD: Senate defense bill supports Oklahoma's military installations, service members | Oklahoma

If you’re thinking of traveling in the next few months, don’t book your flight until you have your passport in your hands. To give you perspective, if you apply today

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Senate defense bill supports state's military | Community | paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com

Each year the National Defense Authorization Act (known as the Defense Bill or NDAA) gives Congress an opportunity to update our national defense priorities and provide for our military’s missions,

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Chris Jansing Reports

provides for their families when they're gone. >> we're going to have to have you back because you know that legislation is now held up with the defense bill by senator tuberville. that's for another day we got to go. it's the end of our program, but john feal, you're always with us. thank you. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow us online and twitter. much more when fema administrator dee ann criswell joins "chris jansing reports" right now. good day, i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. with hawaii being devastated by wildfires, just moments ago, president biden issued a major disaster declaration. what is happening there is almost too much to take in.

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Opinion: White nationalism is attacking racial equity. All who believe in liberty must act

We are witnessing a rise in white nationalism and overtly racisms that parallels period that ended Reconstruction era, Kevin McGruder writes.

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