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Defense hawks led by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, fought for months to get the NDAA and its $634 billion in base defense spending through Congress. Another $66 billion in the NDAA for overseas military operations is exempt from the 2018 spending cap. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP)
Foreign Policy

Congress passed a $700 billion defense policy bill. The Pentagon may never get all of it

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National Security

Top enlisted leaders deny lawmakers’ claim that the military is in crisis

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The North Korean government has said it has test launched an intermediate range missile, but it is difficult to assess the claim. Independent journalists are not given access to cover the events depicted in images distributed by the Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
National Security

New worries about apocalyptic EMP attacks give congressional committee fresh life

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Energy and Environment

Climate change is a ‘direct threat to national security,’ the defense bill says. And Trump is expected to sign it

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Army Cpl. Todd L. McGurn died on Saturday in Baghdad. (iStock)
National Security

Senate unveils $651 billion defense bill that cuts back on military hardware, troops

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Military leaders have made it crystal clear for months that they want Congress to lift a Budget Control Act spending cap for defense and pass a 2018 budget that allows the services to start new programs, buy spare parts and contract for fighter jets and other hardware. (iStock photo)
National Security

Pentagon headed for another stopgap budget in December

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In the past year, the U.S. has repeatedly and publicly accused Russia of violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by secretly deploying a new generation of ground-launched cruise missiles in the western province of Kaliningrad, within range of America's NATO allies. (iStock)
Foreign Policy

US may let Cold War missile treaty die after Russian violations

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The spending would overstep legal limits set on defense spending for the coming year by more than $80 billion. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
National Security

Senate sends $700 billion budget cap-busting defense bill to Trump

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The current stopgap budget measure that is funding the military and federal government is set to expire Dec. 8. (iStock)
National Security

House easily passes $700 billion defense policy bill

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From left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speak at a news conference as work gets underway on the Senate's version of the GOP tax reform bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Economy

Next week: House, Senate move on tax reform

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