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Trump Threatens to Veto Defense Spending Bill Over Confederate Base Names

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   U.S. President Donald Trump sayshe will veto an annual bill
   appropriating money for the Defense Department if the measure includes
   a requirement for renaming U.S. military installations that honor the
   Confederate States of America.

   His latest rejectionof the move came in a late Tuesday tweet in which
   he repeated his frequent slur against Senator Elizabeth Warren.

   "I will Veto the Defense Authorization Bill if the Elizabeth
   "Pocahontas" Warren (of all people!) Amendment, which will lead to the
   renaming (plus other bad things!) of Fort Bragg, Fort Robert E. Lee,
   and many other Military Bases from which we won Two World Wars, is in
   the Bill!"

     I will Veto the Defense Authorization Bill if the Elizabeth
     "Pocahontas" Warren (of all people!) Amendment, which will lead to
     the renaming (plus other bad things!) of Fort Bragg, Fort Robert E.
     Lee, and many other Military Bases from which we won Two World Wars,
     is in the Bill!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]July 1, 2020

   Bipartisan approval
   The Senate Armed Services Committee gave bipartisan approval in a 25-2
   vote on Warren's amendment last month. It calls for the Pentagon to act
   within three years toidentify and rename any base, street, aircraft,
   weapon or other "asset" commemorating theConfederacy, agroup of states
   thatwanted to preserve slavery andseceded from the countrybefore
   losingthe 1860s Civil War.

   Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Joints Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen.
   MarkMilley, and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy have all signaled they are
   open to renaming the bases.

   Among the installations named after Confederate military figures
   areFort Benning,Fort Bragg, Fort Hood and Fort Pickett.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1278176059876401152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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