The Senate approved the annual National Defense Authorization Act 77-20, authorizing $901 billion and a 3.8 percent troop pay raise, following earlier floor and committee action on the 3,000-page bill.The measure increases oversight of the Department of Defense and pressures Pete Hegseth to turn over unedited video and strike authorizations for attacks on suspected drug-running boats near Venezuela, withholding a quarter of Hegseth's travel budget until the House and Senate Armed Services Committees receive the material.The legislation funds weapons manufacturing for
Ukraine, preserves troop levels in Europe and
South Korea, repeals the 1991 and 2003
AUMFs, eliminates
DEI programs, trims Pentagon climate programs and faces criticism over a provision that could let some military aircraft avoid broadcasting precise locations.