and we begin this morning with breaking news on capitol hill. where a major defense bill has been turned into a debate over social issues. overnight, the republican-led house passed a series of amendments to nearly $900 billion defense policy bill. the amendments include overturning the pentagon s abortion policy, banning transgender health services for military personnel and other things. meanwhile, republican senator tommy tuberville continues to hold up military promotions over the pentagon s abortion policy, which defense secretary lloyd austin warned was a national security issue. this is a national security issue, it is a readiness issue, and we shouldn t kid ourselves. i think any member of the senate armed services committee knows that. joining us from capitol hill is ali vitali. also with us is brandon buck, an
this is this is a national security issue. it s a readiness issue. we shouldn t kid ourselves. i think any member of the senate armed services committee knows that. senator tuberville said he has only spoken to you about this once, back in february. why not have a conversation with him and get this resolved? i will. i certainly will continue to engagement yeah. but you are not doing it right now. the last conversation was in february. it was in march, end of march. but, yeah, i ll engage. you will talk to him. your message will be? he needs to lift the holes. this is a national security issue. it s a readiness issue. and it s going to be the first time, if tuberville continues to do what he is doing, that there won t be a commandant for the u.s. marine corps. that s going to be a major problem for the u.s. marine
minutes ago what a complex environment this is around the world quite frankly. we see the tough things we re dealing with here in europe as we continue to provide support for ukraine and to defend its sovereign territory. we re working hard to ensure we keep the right balance in the indo-pacific and strengthen our alliances. and we need leaders to be able to do that. this is this is a national security issue. it s a readiness issue, and we shouldn t kid ourselves. i think any member of the senate armed services committee knows that. very blunt words from the secretary of defense and making it clear in the interview with me that he was willing to discuss this issue with the senator, but it s got to be resolved very quickly because there s so much going on not only in ukraine but elsewhere
quite frankly. we see the tough things that we re dealing with here in europe as we continue to provide support to ukraine, and defend its sovereign territory. we re working hard to make sure we keep the right balance in the indo-pacific, and strengthen our alliances. and we need leaders to be able to do that. this is a national security issue. it s a readiness issue, and we shouldn t kid ourselves. i think any member of the senator armed services committee knows that. senator tuberville says he s only spoken to you about this once back in february. why not have a conversation with him and get this resolved? i certainly will continue to engage. but you re not doing it right now. the last conversation was in february. it was in march, end of march, but yeah, i ll engage. your message to him needs to be? he needs to lift the
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