
President Barack Obama on Oct. 22 fulfilled his promise to veto the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, signing the veto document Thursday afternoon as the press snapped photos.Obama’s opposition of the NDAA stems not from the contents of the bill itself, which authorizes the exact $604 billion the president asked for in his fiscal year 2016 budget request, but from the way the funds are authorized.Instead of working with Democrats to lift mandatory spending limits imposed by the Budget Control…