In many ways, the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) represents a Christmas tree. In the fiscal year 2020 version, a massive $738 billion defense spending bill, every interest group has tried to hang something on it. Marco Werman talks with William Hartung, who directs the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy, about what the NDAA says about US priorities at the moment.
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