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Beautiful new virginia class submarines, the minest in the world. finally the defense bill authorizes major investments in the greatest weapon of all. it's warriors. the ndaa increases the size of the american armed forces for the first time in years and provides our military service members with the largest pay increase in eight years. now congress must finish the job by eliminating the defense sequester and passing a clean appropriations bill. it has to be perfecto. at this time of grave global threat, i urged democrats in congress to drop their shut down threats and descend clean funding an...

Administrations. it upgrades our combat vehicles, allows for the purchase of new joint fighter aircraft and paves the way for new virginia class submarines, the finest in the world. finally the defense bill defends the greatest weapons of all, its warriors. they increase the size of our american armed forces for the first time in seven years, and it provides the military servicemembers with the largest pay increase in eight years. now congress must finish the job by eliminating the defense sequester and passing a clean appropriations bill. i think it's going to happen. we need our military. it...

Changes in ohio we are working with partners in the region to affect that. bret: given the tension with north korea and iran that we just talked about, why do you think there's no bipartisan urgency to ig -- significantly increase defense spending? >> i think there should be and the president is working urgently now. there's dramatic example of why we need an end to defense sequester, why we need a higher degree of predictability in defense budget. as i mentioned, there's a huge wave of deferred modification and services aren't big enough. look at what the president said in the campaign, it's ...

Year. now we need congress to do its job and pass the budget that provides for higher, stable and predictable funding levels for our military needs. that our fighting men and women deserve. and you will get. believe me. president trump, i will tell you, you will get it. don't worry about it. but i do mind getting a little hand. so call that congressman and call that senator and make sure you get it. >> you can also call the senators to make sure you get health care. we must end the defense

Job of our government to fulfill its duty to you. [applaus [applause] >> for years, our government has subjected the military to unpredictable funding and a devastating defense sequester, you remember that sequester? not good. this has led to deferred maintenance, a lack of investment in new equipment and technology, and a shortfall in military readiness. in other words, it's been a very, very bad period of time for our military. that is why we reached a deal to secure an additional $20 billion for defense this year and it's going up, and why i asked congress for another $54 billion