News reports suggest Pentagon chief Mark Esper is on his way out even if Trump wins reelection
to strip bipartisan provisions in both bills that would remove the names of Confederate leaders from Army bases. Trump has threatened to veto the legislation over the issue.
But a host of other issues need to be ironed out, including competing provisions on troop levels in Europe and Afghanistan, purchases of ships and fighter planes, the military’s pandemic response and U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s civil war.
Levin added: “This report confirms what we already know: this Administration has no qualms about lying to the American people. Rarely, however, are those lies so blatant and so dangerous as this one. If they’re willing to lie about national security, what’s next?”to Levin's accusation, but said the situation in the Persian Gulf at the time "very clearly justified" the use of emergency authorities.
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