NDAA draft would limit Pentagon’s ability to reduce European presence

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Lawmakers added a provision to key defense legislation that, if included in the final version, would prevent the Pentagon from reducing the military‘s presence in Europe below a specific threshold.

The inclusion of this provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, the language of which was released on Sunday, stands in contrast with the Trump administration’s stance on what its European presence should entail.

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