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GOP Senators Rebuke Schumer For Delayed Consideration Of FY ‘22 NDAA

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021

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GOP Senators Rebuke Schumer For Delayed Consideration Of FY ‘22 NDAA

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, leads a press conference on Nov. 2 2021.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday urged Democratic leadership to bring the chamber’s fiscal year 2022 defense authorization to the floor, citing it as “one of the latest Senate considerations of the National Defense Authorization Act in history.” Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), the top Republican member on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), told reporters he has not received a specific answer from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on why the bill has been delayed in receiving floor consideration. “The major…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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