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Differences. you never quite know how those are going to work out for help all these measures stay in the because again the military should not be paying for abortion tourism or diversity consultants or change operations for this by the weapons that we need to defend our nation and to support our troops. shannon: will talk about that because democrats and the left is a women who are serving in uniform if they are stationed in an area where they cannot get an abortion the pentagon should facilitate a way to get that abortion. senator tommy turberville has taken a lot of heat over this he said h...

>> this is a national security issue. you know, we just talked about, only sent out a couple of minutes ago, what a complex environment this is. around the world, quite frankly. we see tough things that we are dealing with, here in europe, as we continue to provide support for ukraine in its efforts to defend its sovereign territory. we are working hard to make sure we keep the right balance in the indo-pacific. and strengthen our alliances, and we need leaders to be able to do that. this is a national security issue, it's a readiness issue. and, we shouldn't kid ourselves. i think, any member...

And we begin this morning with breaking news on capitol hill. where a major defense bill has been turned into a debate over social issues. overnight, the republican-led house passed a series of amendments to nearly $900 billion defense policy bill. the amendments include overturning the pentagon's abortion policy, banning transgender health services for military personnel and other things. meanwhile, republican senator tommy tuberville continues to hold up military promotions over the pentagon's abortion policy, which defense secretary lloyd austin warned was a national security issue. >> this...

Minutes ago what a complex environment this is around the world quite frankly. we see the tough things we're dealing with here in europe as we continue to provide support for ukraine and to defend its sovereign territory. we're working hard to ensure we keep the right balance in the indo-pacific and strengthen our alliances. and we need leaders to be able to do that. this is -- this is a national security issue. it's a readiness issue, and we shouldn't kid ourselves. i think any member of the senate armed services committee knows that. >> very blunt words from the secretary of defense and maki...

Coming up for replacement. including the chief of staff of the army, the chief of naval operations, the head of the navy, the chairman of the joint chiefs, he's due to retire in late september, early october. there are a bunch of big names and big jobs that are going to be coming up here, katy, and if this is not resolved, they will be held up, and then we will see not only the impact on the families, we will see a real impact on the military leadership because of senator tuberville's hold here. >> tuberville says the readiness issue is not because of that. it's because democrats want to get w...