Defense Bill

From ABC News:
"President Trump signs defense authorization bill, doesn't say John McCain's name"

Celebrating the signing of the 2019 military authorization funding bill at Fort Drum in upstate New York on Monday, President Donald Trump New York made no mention of the man whose name is attached to the legislation: John McCain. The John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 was named in honor of the longtime Arizona senator and former prisoner of war who is chair of the Senate Armed Service Committee and currently battling brain cancer. "I’m humbled that my colleagues in Congress chose to designate this bill in my name," McCain said in a statement from his home in Arizona where he is receiving care released soon after the bill was signed into law.  "Serving as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and working on behalf of America's brave service members has been one of the greatest honors of my life," he said. "Through the committee’s work, I’ve been privileged to support our men and women in uniform who have dedicated their lives to that noble cause.” In June, at the signing ceremony of the “VA MISSION Act of 2018," another bill bearing McCain's name, Trump never mentioned McCain by name. Instead he praised multiple members of Congress who were at the White House for the signing. The 2019 defense authorization bill provides $717 billion to the military, which Trump touted as the "most significant investment in the military in modern history." But it also notably advances many of McCain's policy priorities, including tough language on Russia. The president Trump specifically highlighted a 2.6 percent raise for military personnel authorized in the bill, telling the Army's 10th Mountain Division - one of the most-deployed divisions of the Army to Iraq and Afghanistan since 9/11 - that "we think our war-fighters deserve the equipment … they have earned with their blood, sweat and tears." 

^ I'm glad that the Defense Bill was signed into law and that the US Military will get the much-needed money and equipment. It's also great that the soldiers themselves are getting a pay raise since they do so much for the US and the world. ^

https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-trump-sign-defense-authorization-bill-bearing-john-095046176.html