Trump signs the new NDAA giving troops a pay raise and increasing troop levels

by The Right Scoop

Trump has now signed the $700 billion NDAA for 2018 that gives troops a pay raise as well as increases both active duty and reserve troops:

THE HILL – The compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) hashed out by Senate and House negotiators would authorize $626.4 billion for the base defense budget and $65.7 billion for a war fund known as Overseas Contingency Operations.

The money would go toward a 2.4 percent pay raise for service members, an increase of 20,000 active duty and reserve troops across the services, bulked up missile defense, increased operations in Afghanistan and more ships, planes and other equipment.

The bill is moving forward without an agreement in Congress to raise budget caps, which NDAA funding levels burst through.

Here’s a few tweets:







You can watch his full comments below:


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