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Defense Authorization and New START

Lawrence Korb and Alex Rothman write that the National Defense Authorization Act would waste billions, undermine our national security, and limit the ability of the president and military to ensure our nation's scarce resources are being distributed where they can be most effective.

Less than a month after Obama got Osama, House Republicans still don’t trust the president to safeguard U.S. national security. At least, that’s only possibly explanation for this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed the House yesterday and is now headed to the Democrat-controlled Senate.

The above excerpt was originally published in The Huffington Post. Click here to view the full article.

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Authors

Lawrence J. Korb

Senior Fellow

Alex Rothman

Policy Analyst