McCain: Obama’s defense veto ‘downright dangerous’

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Arizona Sen. John McCain says President Obama made history “for all the wrong reasons” Thursday after following through on his threat to veto legislation authorizing Defense Department programs over the next year.

In a scathing op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, the notoriously hawkish Republican senator accused the president of “playing politics with national defense” and “taking down the military’s welfare” by blocking the National Defense Authorization Act.

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