No, the Senate won't be doing the defense bill before August recess, assuming the plan is still to leave next week. "It happens that we will not be able to put our NDAA on the floor next week in all likelihood," Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker says at a hearing.

What is especially fascinating about this reporting is that apparently Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's office is also going to review participation in the military's own conferences. So things like Sea-Air-Space and Modern Day Marine appear to be impacted too.

Can confirm the New York Times report today that Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims, the director of the Joint Staff, had a promotion to four-star general seemingly secured and then pulled back by Secretary Hegseth. Sims seen in Pentagon by most as nonpartisan, straightforward and bright.

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Trump moves nuclear subs to Russia in response to comments from Medvedev

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