Posted on 06/19/2018 8:42:08 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed a $716 billion defense policy bill on Monday, backing President Donald Trump’s call for a bigger, stronger military but setting up a potential battle with the White House over Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE Corp
The Republican-controlled Senate voted 85-10 for the annual National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which authorizes U.S. military spending but is generally used as a vehicle for a broad range of policy matters.
The Senate NDAA also includes an amendment prohibiting sales to Turkey of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets made by Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) unless Trump certifies Turkey is not threatening NATO, purchasing defense equipment from Russia or detaining U.S. citizens.
Senators included the legislation because of the imprisonment of U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson and the purchase of the S-400 air defense system from Russia.
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Not sure of the time frame to reconcile this bill with the House, but with elections coming up in Turkey on the 24th, I'm sure that Erdogan has notice.
Another article about this subject:
Senate approves massive defense bill, but trims number of F-35s
https://ctmirror.org/2018/06/18/senate-approves-massive-defense-bill-trims-number-f-35s/
The number one priority of the federal government should be defense - but IMO we spend too much money on it. We must stop policing the world. I’m not suggesting isolationism - but we need to cut our overseas presence massively.
First place to pull troops out-Europe
Agree. We are spread too thin.
And we'd all be speaking German.
That is a silly comment. No one considers WWII as unnecessary.
We must stop policing the world.
And we’d all be speaking German.
Only on the East Coast, the West would speak Japanese ...
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