Presidents can pull out of NATO only with congressional OK under Pentagon bill

16-12-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 38

While most of the attention was focused on the $841.4 billion the Pentagon will receive from the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, and Sen. Tim Kaine, Virginia Democrat, inserted a provision that would prevent presidents from unilaterally pulling out of NATO.

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