Obama Cagey On Possible Defense Authorization Bill Veto

By Tony Bertuca / July 6, 2015 at 5:07 PM
President Obama, who made an unusual trip to the Pentagon on Monday to discuss military strategy with his top national security advisers, did not indicate whether he would veto the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill scheduled to reach his desk later this month, though he guaranteed that no U.S. service member would work without pay. "Our men and women are going to get paid," he said during a Pentagon press conference. "But we have to make sure that we...

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