{"id":14040,"date":"2025-12-08T18:34:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14040"},"modified":"2025-12-08T18:34:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:34:55","slug":"johnson-defense-bill-advances-peace-through-strength-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14040","title":{"rendered":"Johnson: Defense bill advances \u2018Peace Through Strength Agenda\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6.jpg 582w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congressional leaders released the final bill text the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Sunday, as they seek to get the annual defense policy bill across the finish line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The budget for the Department of Defense is $8 billion more than the $892.6 billion in President Trump\u2019s budget request for the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The defense policy bill does not appropriate funds but rather sets the policy for the year ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s National Defense Authorization Act helps advance President Trump and Republicans\u2019 Peace Through Strength Agenda by codifying 15 of President Trump\u2019s executive orders, ending woke ideology at the Pentagon, securing the border, revitalizing the defense industrial base, and restoring the warrior ethos,\u201d House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis legislation includes important House-passed provisions to ensure our military forces remain the most lethal in the world and can deter any adversary. It roots out Biden-era wokeism in our military and restores merit-based promotions and admissions to service academies, prohibits contracts with partisan firms, counters antisemitism, and halts harmful, unnecessary programs like CRT, DEI, and climate initiatives,\u201d Johnson continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional leaders released the final bill text the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Sunday, as they seek to get the annual defense policy bill across the finish line. The budget for the Department of Defense is $8 billion more than the $892.6 billion in President Trump\u2019s budget request for the department. 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