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Can the Air Force use your taxpayer dollars to host drag shows?

By Briana Oser

Published June 1, 2023 7:15pm ET

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Can the Air Force use your taxpayer dollars to host drag shows? — Master Sgt. John Malloy and Staff Sgt. Jacob Puente, both from 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, secure the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 as it is loaded under the wing of a B-52H Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 6, 2020. | Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem

In a late May House Armed Services Committee meeting about the 2024 Department of Defense budget, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) asked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: “How much taxpayer money should go to fund drag queen story hours on military bases?”

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