U.S. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing at the White House on Dec. 12, 2022.
A "small group" of House Republicans have "essentially created a trap" by loading the National Defense Authorization Act with a wide array of domestic-focused amendments, U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday.
"This should be an area where politics stops and national security starts."
Sullivan was referring to myriad amendments put forward by House Republicans.
Those include efforts that would end various diversity initiatives within the Defense Department, would limit active-duty transgender servicemembers from accessing gender-affirming care, and perhaps most controversially, would prevent the Defense Department from reimbursing or paying for abortion-related expenses for active-duty servicemembers.
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