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Senate Democrats warn Biden on Saudi security pact
Twenty Senate Democrats wrote Biden expressing concerns over plans to offer Saudi Arabia security guarantees in exchange for normalizing ties with Israel.
Senate Dems likely to block defense spending in border wall dispute
Senate Republican leaders plan to offer a 2020 defense spending bill for a vote this week.
By Joe Gould
Senate to vote on ending border emergency that diverted DoD funds
The Senate is voting this week on whether to end the president’s emergency diversion of military funding to his border wall.
By Joe Gould
Dems warn Shanahan new border actions could break civil-military law
Key senators are asking the defense secretary to stick to a ban on troops performing law enforcement roles.
By Joe Gould
House Armed Services to give Trump’s Space Force a makeover
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee says the president's Space Force proposal will not survive his panel.
By Joe Gould
One month later, still no answers on which military construction projects will be delayed by Trump’s wall
Lawmakers are growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of details on how the national emergency declaration will impact military projects.
Taking personnel funds to help build Trump’s border wall won’t hit military paychecks, but could cause budget woes
Lawmakers are unhappy with new Pentagon plans to move $1 billion in unused personnel money without consulting with Congress first.
Senator: Pentagon may tap leftover military pay, pension accounts for border wall
A top Senate Democrat says the Pentagon is planning to tap $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pensions accounts to help President Donald Trump pay for his long-sought border wall.
By Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press
Border wall casts long shadow over FY20 defense budget — and that’s not all
Even before it arrives, the defense budget proposal is already taking flak from lawmakers over the bookkeeping gimmickry that’s likely to accompany it.
By Joe Gould
Trump ‘may’ declare emergency to redirect Pentagon funds to border wall
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he may yet declare a national emergency to get around Congress and build a border wall, if spending talks fail.
By Joe Gould
Pentagon’s international policy chief exits to join McConnell’s office
The Pentagon’s assistant defense secretary for international security is leaving his U.S. Senate-confirmed post to work for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
By Joe Gould