Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The Senate on Wednesday passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which sends the bill to President Donald Trump to sign, despite his concern about some measures in the bill.
The NDAA gives the Department of Defense $901 billion, which is about $8 billion more than Trump asked for. It authorizes spending for defense and national security programs.
The Senate voted 77-20 on the annual bill, which is 3,000 pages.
A provision withholds a portion Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's travel budget until he releases to Congress unedited video of U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and copies of the orders for those strikes.
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