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Most people seem to not understand that that's the same bill. The NDAA is an annual bill specifying the defense budget. The indefinite detention provisions that
by GHFigs 13y ago
Most people seem to not understand that that's the same bill. The NDAA is an annual bill specifying the defense budget. The indefinite detention provisions that upset so many people are attached to that bill.
As the President cannot veto part of a bill, vetoing the NDAA over those provisions would literally mean vetoing the entire defense budget.
- homosaur 13y agoThat's fine. Veto the budget. Send them back to the drawing board. That would have been the best outcome.
- GHFigs 13y agoI definitely understand that view, but on that drawing board are the words "two-thirds majority". It comes down to a choice between an impotent veto and an impotent signing statement.
- Vivtek 13y agoThen choose the impotent veto and stand on the side of justice. I don't see that as a problem.
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