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"On the floor, the bill has taken a radical left turn," said Texas Rep. Mac Thornberry, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee. "There's good and bad in this bill ... but it's moving in a direction that does make America less safe."
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"However well-qualified Secretary Esper may be, it is critical that the president nominate, and that the Senate confirm, a permanent secretary of defense as quickly as possible. This job should be filled in a matter of a few weeks, not months," Rep. Mac Thornberry, Texas Republican and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a statement.
