This week, the Senate is expected to vote on the National Defense Authorization Act.

Her friends call her simply the Defense Bill.

$866 billion for different parts of the U.S. military and other areas of national defense.

Each year, this bill passes.

This year, it's taken an interesting turn.

When it was in the House, the conservative Freedom Caucus added some amendments into the

defense bill that are more about culture wars than actual wars.

They're related to DEI initiatives, abortion, transgender rights.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the following should you not get it.

A military cannot defend themselves if you train them and walk.

Today, on Today Explained, the war over defense spending.

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