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House committee debates amendment to bar use of service members in partisan displays
Summary
Members debated an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would codify limits on using uniformed service members in political events and photo opportunities; debate drew bipartisan concern about politicization of the armed forces.
Representative Ryan offered an amendment to the NDAA that would restate and make statutory existing Department of Defense guidance limiting partisan political use of service members.
The amendment’s backers said it would protect service members from being used in politically charged displays. “This is an obvious and unfortunately necessary amendment stating the obvious because of the unfortunate time that we are in and the worrisome and continued politicization of…
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