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Congress must keep challenging Biden’s Defense cuts

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Published August 23, 2021 2:00pm ET
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Congress must keep challenging Biden’s Defense cuts
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In late July, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved a $25 billion increase for the next defense budget.

In the near-unanimous (25-1) vote, the only holdout was Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Still, the vote shows the bipartisan recognition that the Department of Defense requires more resources than President Joe Biden requested.

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